Manned spacecraft are vehicles with the capability of maintaining life outside of Earth's atmosphere. Partially in recognition of the fact that women as well as men are active participants in space travel programs, manned spacecraft are now...

For tracking purposes, there are two types of space objects—cooperating and noncooperating. Normal civilian satellites and some military satellites use beacons and radar reflectors to assist ground stations in keeping track of satellite...

Space vehicles encompass different categories of spacecraft, including satellites,rockets, space capsules,space stations, and colonies. In general, satellites are considered any object launched by a rocket for the purpose of orbiting Earth or another...

The furthering of humankind's expansion into space and establishing of firm footholds on other worlds could depend on a continuously moving, cycling spaceship network. These rapid-transit cycling spaceships would employ the principles of gravity...

A spacecraft is a vehicle or device designed for spaceflight. On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a spacecraft enters outer space but then returns to the planetary surface (such as Earth) without making a complete orbit. For an orbital spaceflight, a...

The Association of Old Crows and the Querque Crows Chapter will sponsor the Second Annual Spacecraft Protection Symposium to be held July 2526, 2000, at the Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD. The theme of the symposium will be "Electronic Warfare and Space: Protection...

Defect doomed spacecraft, NASA says From Journal Sentinel wire reports Thursday, February 13, 2003 Houston -- An unmanned spacecraft that broke up last summer as it embarked on a mission to study comets was probably doomed by a defect in its...

A comet-busting NASA spacecraft zipped past Earth on Monday on its way to rendezvous with another comet in an extended mission that will also see it hunt for Earth-sized planets around a cluster of stars. The Deep Impact probe made the first of three flybys...

A European spacecraft was on course to zip past Mars on Sunday, a crucial maneuver in its meandering, 10-year voyage through the solar system to make the first soft landing on a comet.The Rosetta craft is to pass within just 150 miles of the Martian...