Canopus (disambiguation) — Canopus may refer to:* Canopus (star) (or Alpha Carinae), the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina. * Canopus, Egypt, an Ancient Egyptian city in the Nile Delta * Canopus (mythology), in Homeric myth, the pilot of King Menelaus… … Wikipedia
Canopus 2 — was a single stage, sub orbital sounding rocket that was built by Argentina. There were a total of three launches during 1969, with no failures. The launch apogee was 150 kilometres in altitude. The vehicle had a length of 4 metres and launch… … Wikipedia
Rigel (rocket) — Rigel is the name of an Argentinian sounding rocket. The double stage Rigel (first stage Canopus, second stage Orion 2) was launched seven times between 1969 and 1973. The Rigel rocket has a maximum altitude of 310 km, a launch mass of 300 kg, a… … Wikipedia
List of rockets — The following is a list of rockets.Launch systemsKnown as space rockets , these vehicle families have had launch attempts.oviet Union, Russia*Angara *Cosmos 3M, Russia *Tsyklon, Ukraine **Tsyklon 2 **Tsyklon 3 **Tsyklon 4 *Dnepr, Ukraine *Energia … Wikipedia
Calendar of 2000 — ▪ 2001 January We are fortunate to be alive at this moment in history. Never before has our nation enjoyed, at once, so much prosperity and social progress with so little internal crisis and so few external threats. Never before have we had such… … Universalium
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Pioneer 11 — Infobox Spacecraft Caption= Pioneer 11 at Saturn (artist s impression) Name= Pioneer 11 Mission Type= Fly by, Deep Space Flyby Of= Jupiter, Saturn, Outer Solar System Mass= 259 kg Organization= Ames Research Center NASA Launch Vehicle=… … Wikipedia
Mariner 6 and 7 — Mariner 6 Operator NASA Mission type Flyby Flyby of Mars … Wikipedia
Lunar Orbiter program — The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of five unmanned Lunar orbiter missions launched by the United States in 1966 through 1967 with the purpose of mapping the lunar surface before the Apollo landings. All five missions were successful, and 99… … Wikipedia
Monos en el espacio — Sam, el macaco que voló a una altura de 88 km en 1958. (NASA). Antes de que el humano fuera en un vuelo espacial tripulado lanzado al espacio, diversos animales fueron usados para investigar los efectos biológicos de una exploración espacial como … Wikipedia Español