Spaceflight — For the magazine published by the British Interplanetary Society, see Spaceflight (magazine). For the 1985 PBS documentary series narrated by Martin Sheen, see Spaceflight (TV series). For the Sam Lazar album, see Space Flight (album). Part of a… … Wikipedia
spaceflight — /spays fluyt /, n. the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space. Also, space flight. [1945 50; SPACE + FLIGHT1] * * * Introduction flight beyond Earth s atmosphere. This article deals with the basic concepts associated with … Universalium
List of human spaceflight programs — For a chronological list of human spaceflights, including crews..., dates and mission summaries, see List of human spaceflights. This is a list of human spaceflight programs, including successful programs, programs that were canceled, and… … Wikipedia
Human spaceflight — Orbital Human spaceflight Name Debut Launches Vostok 1961 6 Mercury 1962 4 Voskhod 1964 2 Gemini 1965 … Wikipedia
Private spaceflight — This article is about non governmental spaceflight. For paying space tourists, see Space tourism. For general commercial use of space, see Commercialization of space. Astronaut Dale A. Gardner holding a For Sale sign Private spaceflight is flight … Wikipedia
List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents — Death in space redirects here. For death in specifically outer space conditions, see Space exposure. Space Shuttle Challenger disintegrates 73 seconds after launch, due to hot gases escaping the SRBs leading to structural failure of the external… … Wikipedia
Portal:Spaceflight — Wikipedia portals: Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Natural sciences People Philosophy Religion Society Technology The Spaceflight Portal … Wikipedia
List of spaceflight records — This is a list of spaceflight records. Most of these records relate to human spaceflights, but some unmanned and canine records are included.Longest human single flight*Valeri Polyakov, launched 8 January 1994 (Soyuz TM 18), stayed at Mir LD 4… … Wikipedia
1998 in spaceflight — LaunchesThis is a list of spaceflights launched in 1998.Deep space rendezvous* 11 January Lunar Prospector, insertion into Selenocentric orbit * 23 January NEAR flyby of the Earth (540 km) * 10 February Galileo, 5th flyby of Europa * 29 March… … Wikipedia
1997 in spaceflight — rowspan = 2 |12 January, 09:27 GMT rowspan = 2 |OV|104 rowspan = 2 |LC 39B, Kennedy Space Center rowspan = 2 |USA |STS 81, 6 astronauts |NASA |LEO, docked to Mir |Manned orbital flight |22 January 1997, 14:22 GMT |Successful |SpaceHab LDM… … Wikipedia
