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    capture by an aircraft. In contrast, the development of spaceplane reentry vehicles attempts to provide a more flexible reentry profile. Reentry capsules...
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  • reentrant tuning, an effect that occurs with a break in the sequence of pitches to which the strings of a stringed instrument are tuned Reentry (neural circuitry)...
    977 bytes (144 words) - 15:47, 19 November 2021
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    single-use spacecraft composed of three main sections. The descent module is where cosmonauts are seated for launch and reentry. The orbital module provides...
    41 KB (3,995 words) - 03:33, 29 August 2024
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    7 km altitude Ballistic reentry acceleration: 8 g (78 m/s²) Equipment Module: Vostok PA. PA stands for Priborniy otsek - instrument section. Length: 2.25...
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    expansion during reentry. Several BOR (Russian acronym for Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane) craft were flown to test this concept. In the event of a booster explosion...
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    CM's systems had to be shut down to conserve its remaining resources for reentry, forcing the crew to transfer to the LM as a lifeboat. With the lunar landing...
    117 KB (13,644 words) - 10:59, 7 September 2024
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    However, they were killed by asphyxia caused by failure of a valve just prior to Earth reentry, and are the only people to have died above the Kármán line...
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    required during a mission. An umbilical connection transferred power and consumables between the two modules. Just before reentry of the command module on...
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    navigation instrument version 3 Landing system: Sphere made ballistic reentry, with shield side seeking correct orientation by virtue of the center of gravity...
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    Much of the fundamental research related to hypersonic flight was done towards creating viable nose cone designs for the atmospheric reentry of spacecraft...
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  • landing intact on the surface of the Pacific Ocean. The vehicle is the first ever lifting body to perform full atmospheric reentry from orbital speed.: 23 ...
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    the reentry plasma stream. The spacecraft control system was working well but the manual fuel supply was down to 15 percent. The peak of reentry deceleration...
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  • module (also known as an equipment module or instrument compartment) is a component of a crewed space capsule containing a variety of support systems used...
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    LGM-30 Minuteman (category Cold War weapons of the United States)
    Texas Instruments. A penetration aids system to camouflage the warhead during its reentry into an enemy environment. In addition, the Mk-11C reentry vehicle...
    105 KB (11,306 words) - 20:51, 21 August 2024
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    the conclusion of the mission, the orbiter fired its OMS to deorbit and reenter the atmosphere. The orbiter was protected during reentry by its thermal...
    110 KB (12,138 words) - 02:26, 10 September 2024
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    can be at the limits of human endurance even during a nominal reentry. Slight variations in the vehicle flight path and reentry angle during a return...
    116 KB (10,930 words) - 18:40, 9 September 2024
  • or police emergency unit Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, an infantry regiment of the British Army Detroit Reentry Center, formerly Ryan Correctional Facility...
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  • increasing heat of reentry triggered the separation sequence between the instrument and descent modules. The descent module was tracked to a reentry point somewhere...
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    ability to survive reentry and return a payload to the Earth's surface from orbit or sub-orbit, and are distinguished from other types of recoverable spacecraft...
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    Trident (missile) (category Cold War submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the United States)
    ballistic missile (SLBM) equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV). Originally developed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation...
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