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Project Dragonfly is the first conceptual design study that assesses the feasibility of a laser-propelled interstellar probe, conducted by the Initiative for Interstellar Studies. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Contrary to past unmanned interstellar mission studies such as Project Daedalus and Project Icarus , the focus is particularly on a small spacecraft. [ 2 ]
Spacecraft design includes the design of both robotic spacecrafts (satellites and planetary probes), and spacecrafts for human spaceflight (spaceships and space stations). Human-carrying spacecrafts require additional life support systems, crew accommodations, and safety measures to support human occupants, as well as human factors engineering ...
SpaceEngine is an interactive 3D planetarium and astronomy software [2] initially developed by Russian astronomer and programmer Vladimir Romanyuk. [3] Development is now continued by Cosmographic Software, an American company founded by Romanyuk and the SpaceEngine Team in February 2022, based in Connecticut.
NASA-ESA Mars Sample Return: 2027 [needs update] ESA: 2023 Mars sample return mission [42] Ramses: 2029 ESA 2024 Asteroid orbiter [43] Tera-hertz Explorer: 2020s [citation needed] Mars orbiter and lander [44] [45] Venera-D: 2031 Russian Space Research Institute: 2023 Venus orbiter and lander [46] Uranus Orbiter and Probe: NET 2031 NASA: 2023 ...
Breakthrough Starshot is a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail interstellar probes named Starchip, [1] to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.34 light-years away.
The spacecraft system specification defines also the subsystems of the spacecraft e.g.: Structure, Data management subsystem incl. software, Electrical Power, Mechanical, etc. [citation needed] For each subsystem a subsystem specification is prepared by the Prime Contractor with the same specification structure shown above including references ...
Project Icarus is a theoretical engineering design study aimed at designing a credible, mainly nuclear fusion-based, unmanned interstellar space probe. [1] Project Icarus was an initiative of members of the British Interplanetary Society (BIS) and the Tau Zero Foundation (TZF) started in 2009. The project was under the stewardship of Icarus ...
Solar System space probes operational as of November 2024. This is a list of active space probes which have escaped Earth orbit. It includes lunar space probes, but does not include space probes orbiting at the Sun–Earth Lagrangian points (for these, see List of objects at Lagrangian points). A craft is deemed "active" if it is still able to ...