Definitions

1. A human spaceflight is a spaceflight with a human crew, and possibly passengers.
2. Human spaceflight, the province of national identity and aspiration since Yuri Gagarin first hurtled into orbit, was going to be outsourced.
3. In human spaceflight, the people transported are the crew who operate the spacecraft, and occasionally passengers.
4. Human spaceflight is sometimes called manned spaceflight, a term now deprecated by major space agencies in favor of its gender-neutral alternative.
5. In human spaceflight, the life support system is a group of devices that allow a human being to survive in outer space. (Web site)

Human Species

1. Human spaceflight and the survival of the human species are ideal subjects for the screen. (Web site)

Independent Human Spaceflight Capability

1. The only countries to have independent human spaceflight capability are Russia, United States and China. (Web site)

Spaceshipone

1. Recently, the Shenzhou spacecraft has been used twice for human spaceflight, as has SpaceshipOne. (Web site)
2. On June 21, 2004, SpaceShipOne was used for the first privately-funded human spaceflight. (Web site)

Human Spaceflight Missions

1. NASA may use Orion spacecraft for its human spaceflight missions after the last shuttle orbiter is retired in 2011.

Project Gemini

1. Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of NASA, the civilian space agency of the United States government. (Web site)

Choice

1. Within months after entering office, however, Kennedy had no choice but to focus on human spaceflight. (Web site)
2. Planning for a human spaceflight program should begin with a choice about its goals--rather than a choice of possible destinations. (Web site)

Step

1. Alexander says a report recently released from the Human Spaceflight Plans Committee says the time is right for commercial companies to step in.

September

1. NASA intends to retire its fleet by the end of September, but is unsure what will follow for human spaceflight. (Web site)

Soviet Union

1. The Soyuz programme (,, meaning "Union") is a human spaceflight programme that was initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s.

Part

1. The Space Shuttle, part of the Space Transportation System (STS), is an American spacecraft operated by NASA for orbital human spaceflight missions.
2. ESA is readying its teams to take part in the human spaceflight missions of the 21st century. (Web site)

First Human Spaceflight

1. Sputnik 4 was a USSR satellite, part of the Sputnik program and a test-flight of the Vostok spacecraft that would be used for the first human spaceflight.

United States

1. There is now a strong consensus in the United States that the next step in human spaceflight is to travel beyond low-Earth orbit. (Web site)
2. Project Gemini was the second human spaceflight program of the United States of America.
3. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States.

Russian

1. Vostok 1 (Russian: Восток-1, Orient 1 or East 1) was the first human spaceflight.
2. The Voskhod programme (Russian: Восход, "ascent", "dawn") was a Soviet human spaceflight project. (Web site)

Goals

1. NASA has yet to determine its goals for human spaceflight beyond Space Station.
2. It is in the definition of our goals that decision-making for human spaceflight should begin.

Review

1. The Committee's task was to review the U.S. plans for human spaceflight. (Web site)
2. I was a member of the Review of US Human Spaceflight Plans Committee, chaired by aerospace veteran, Norm Augustine. (Web site)
3. Experts asked to review the US human spaceflight programme have given strong support to the use of commercial services to launch astronauts. (Web site)

Mercury

1. Once Mercury proved that human spaceflight was possible, project Gemini was launched to conduct experiments and work out issues relating to a moon mission. (Web site)

Criteria

1. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. (Web site)

Future

1. The nation is facing important decisions on the future of human spaceflight. (Web site)

Sunrise

1. The Voskhod programme (, translated as "Sunrise") was a Soviet human spaceflight project. (Web site)

Leo

1. With the exception of the lunar flights of the Apollo program, all human spaceflight s have been either in LEO or have been sub-orbital.

Apogee

1. The altitude record for a human spaceflight in LEO was Gemini 11 with an apogee of 1,374.1 km.

Milestones

1. The program set major milestones in the history of human spaceflight. (Web site)

Von Braun

1. Von Braun was eager to cultivate interest in human spaceflight and rocketry, particularly with students and a new generation of engineers. (Web site)

October 15

1. On October 15, 2003, China conducted its first human spaceflight. (Web site)

Human Health

1. The recent development of human spaceflight has raised interest in the impact of vacuum on human health, and on life forms in general.

Astronauts

1. This is an alphabetical list of astronauts, people trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.

Earth Orbit

1. Human spaceflight missions beyond Earth orbit have been carried out by the United States only: to the Moon in the late 1960s. (Web site)

Low Earth Orbit

1. Nearly all human spaceflight has taken place in the low Earth orbit, with a few notable exceptions. (Web site)
2. As of 2006, there has not been any further human spaceflight beyond low earth orbit.
3. As of 2007, there has not been any further human spaceflight beyond low Earth orbit since the last mission in the Apollo program, Apollo 17.

Apollo 11 Mission

1. The Apollo 11 mission was the first human spaceflight to land on the Moon. (Web site)
2. The presentation case tells the historic story of the Apollo 11 mission as well as other monumental moments in human spaceflight.

Apollo Program

1. The Apollo program was a human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA during the years 1961–1975 with the goal of conducting manned moon landing missions.
2. It was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program and the third human voyage to the moon.
3. It was the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the sixth and final lunar landing mission of the Apollo program. (Web site)

Programs

1. This is a list of human spaceflight programs, including successful programs, programs that were canceled, and programs planned for the future. (Web site)
2. Some commentators such as Mark Wade note that NASA has suffered from a 'stop-start' approach to its human spaceflight programs. (Web site)

Apollo

1. Apollo was its third human spaceflight program (following Mercury and Gemini).

Years

1. Given his overt hatred of human spaceflight he must have had a truly terrible time over the years.

Crew

1. Life support Spacecraft intended for human spaceflight must also include a life support system for the crew. (Web site)

Voskhod

1. The Voskhod (Восход, translated as "Sunrise") was a spacecraft built by the Soviet Union's space program for human spaceflight (see Voskhod programme). (Web site)

Exploration

1. Within the Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Exploration he worked the last three years in the Columbus program. (Web site)
2. Rockets are used for fireworks, weaponry, ejection seats, launch vehicles for artificial satellites, human spaceflight and exploration of other planets. (Web site)

Space Exploration

1. Many criticisms of space exploration are particularly critical of exploration carried out by means of human spaceflight.

Space

1. But on October 15, 2003, it became the third nation to achieve human spaceflight when Yang Liwei launched into space on Shenzhou 5.
2. Vostok 6 was the first human spaceflight mission to carry a woman, cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, into space.
3. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary (see edge of space).

Space Shuttle

1. STS-82 demonstrated anew the capability of the Space Shuttle to service orbiting spacecraft as well as the benefits of human spaceflight. (Web site)
2. Nevertheless, Space Shuttle is a magnificent flying machine, unparalleled in the history of human spaceflight. (Web site)
3. The Space Shuttle, part of the Space Transportation System (STS), is a spacecraft operated by NASA for orbital human spaceflight missions.

Moon

1. The history of rockets goes back to at least the 13th century.[1] By the 20th century, they have enabled human spaceflight to the Moon.
2. Apollo 11 in popular culture - The Apollo 11 mission was the first human spaceflight mission to land on the Moon.
3. Apollo 11 was the fifth human spaceflight of the Apollo program, the third human voyage to the moon, and the first manned mission to land on the Moon. (Web site)

Space Race

1. Human spaceflight quickly became the main aspect of competition in the Space Race, and the most expensive.

Esa

1. Four more astronauts should therefore be recruited, according to the head of human spaceflight at ESA, after the launch of Columbus, in October 2007.
2. ESA: The European Space Agency portal features the latest news in space exploration and human spaceflight.
3. Simonetta Di Pippo, the director of human spaceflight at Esa, told BBC News she was hopeful a deal on Soyuz could be put in place for 2013. (Web site)

Space Agency

1. Although the vast majority of NASA's budget has been spent on human spaceflight, there have been many robotic missions instigated by the space agency. (Web site)
2. Apollo was the third human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA, the space agency of the United States. (Web site)

Vostok

1. The first objective, met by Vostok and Voskhod, was to prove that human spaceflight was possible.
2. The first human spaceflight was Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961, on which cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin of the USSR made one orbit around the Earth. (Web site)
3. The Vostok (Russian: Восток, translated as East) was a type of spacecraft built by the Soviet Union 's space programme for human spaceflight. (Web site)

Nasa

1. NASA and ESA now use the term "human spaceflight" to refer to their programs of launching people into space.
2. Constellation Program (abbreviated CxP) is a human spaceflight program within NASA, the space agency of the United States.
3. NASA begins its next step in human spaceflight with Thursday's announcement that Lockheed Martin will design and build spaceships to fly to the moon.

Spacecraft

1. Life support: Spacecraft intended for human spaceflight must also include a life support system for the crew.
2. Spacecraft used for human spaceflight carry people on board as crew or passengers.
3. Aviators in space In human spaceflight, a pilot is someone who directly controls the operation of a spacecraft while located within the same craft.

Categories

1. Universe > Space > Space Exploration > Spaceflight
2. Astronomy > Universe > Space > Spacecraft
3. Satellites > Moons > Moon > Apollo Program
4. Vostok
5. Apollo 11 Mission

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