Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary. - M.: Military publishing house USSR Ministry of Defence. edited by M. Murashkevich. 1974.
Abort Guidance System — (AGS) was a backup computer system in Apollo Lunar Module. It was completely different computer system than Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) because it was designed by TRW independently from the AGC development. This computer system was intended to … Wikipedia
Landing Signal Officer — Landing Signal Officers (LSOs) are naval aviators specially trained to control the approach and landings of airplanes aboard aircraft carriers. Paddles In the U.S. Navy, aircraft carrier operations began with USS Langley (CV 1) in 1922. Langley s … Wikipedia
Space Shuttle abort modes — (englisch Space Shuttle Abbruchmodi) waren Notfallprozeduren für technische Probleme während der letzten Startvorbereitungen oder des Fluges eines Space Shuttles. Am wahrscheinlichsten konnte dies während der Start und Aufstiegsphase auftreten, z … Deutsch Wikipedia
Orion abort modes — Technicians carefully position an Orion flight test crew module to be airlifted. This module will be used for the Orion Launch Abort System Pad Abort 1 flight test. NASA s newest spacecraft, the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV), which will… … Wikipedia
Moon landing — For other uses, see Moon landing (disambiguation). Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event,… … Wikipedia
Space Shuttle — STS redirects here. For other uses, see STS (disambiguation). This article is about the NASA Space Transportation System vehicle. For the associated NASA STS program, see Space Shuttle program. For other shuttles and aerospace vehicles, see… … Wikipedia
Space Shuttle design process — See also Space Shuttle program Conception and development North American Rockwell Shuttle, 1969 Even before the Apollo moon landing in 1969, in October 1968, NASA began early studies of space shuttle designs. The early studies were denoted Phase… … Wikipedia
Dragon (spacecraft) — SpaceX Dragon spacecraft Artist s rendering of the cargo variant of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft (bottom) berthing to the International Space Station (top). Description Role: Commercial: various roles that put humans and cargo into LEO … Wikipedia
Space Shuttle Challenger disaster — For more information about the final mission and crew of the Challenger, see STS 51 L. Space Shuttle Challenger s smoke plume after the in flight breakup that killed all seven crew members … Wikipedia
Mobile Launcher Platform — An MLP being carried by a Crawler Transporter. The Mobile Launcher Platform or MLP is one of three two story structures used by NASA to support the Space Shuttle stack during its transportation from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Launch… … Wikipedia
Space Shuttle program — This article is about the United States Space Shuttle program. For the shuttle itself, see Space Shuttle. For information on the Soviet space shuttle program, see the article Buran program. Space Shuttle program Duration 1981 2011 … Wikipedia
