Spacecraft
Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta space probe on March 2, 2004.
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航天器（亦稱空間飛行器、太空飛行器），是航行于太空中的飛行器，包括發(fā)射航天飛行器的火箭、人造衛(wèi)星 、空間探測器、宇宙飛船、航天飛機(jī)、各種空間站。
A spacecraft is a vehicle that travels through space. Spacecraft include robotic or unmanned space probes as well as manned vehicles. The term is sometimes also used to describe artificial satellites, which have similar design criteria.
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Overview
The term spaceship is generally applied only to spacecraft capable of transporting people.
A space suit has at times been called a miniature spacecraft or spaceship, emphasizing its purpose of keeping its wearer alive while traveling in the vacuum of outer space.
The spacecraft is one of the primal elements in science fiction. Numerous short stories and novels are built up around various ideas for spacecraft. Some hard science fiction books focus on the technical details of the craft, while others treat the spacecraft as a given and delve little into its actual implementation.
Examples of past or existing spacecraft
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Manned
Apollo Spacecraft
Gemini Spacecraft
International Space Station
Mir
Mercury Spacecraft
Shuttle Buran
Shenzhou Spacecraft
Space Shuttle
Soyuz Spacecraft
SpaceShipOne
Voskhod Spacecraft
Vostok Spacecraft
Unmanned
Cassini-Huygens
Cluster
Deep Space 1
Genesis
Mars Exploration Rover
Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Pathfinder
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 11
Progress
SOHO
Stardust
Viking 1
Viking 2
Voyager 1
Voyager 2
WMAP
Spacecraft under development
Crew Exploration Vehicle
Kliper
Automated Transfer Vehicle
H-II Transfer Vehicle
Ansari X Prize (incl. a list of spacecraft in various stages of completion as of 2005)
The US Space Command, according to its Long Range Plan, is currently planning to develop a weaponized spaceship, which has yet to be announced.
Ariane 5 lifts off with the Rosetta space probe on March 2, 2004.
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航天器（亦稱空間飛行器、太空飛行器），是航行于太空中的飛行器，包括發(fā)射航天飛行器的火箭、人造衛(wèi)星 、空間探測器、宇宙飛船、航天飛機(jī)、各種空間站。
A spacecraft is a vehicle that travels through space. Spacecraft include robotic or unmanned space probes as well as manned vehicles. The term is sometimes also used to describe artificial satellites, which have similar design criteria.
Contents
Overview
The term spaceship is generally applied only to spacecraft capable of transporting people.
A space suit has at times been called a miniature spacecraft or spaceship, emphasizing its purpose of keeping its wearer alive while traveling in the vacuum of outer space.
The spacecraft is one of the primal elements in science fiction. Numerous short stories and novels are built up around various ideas for spacecraft. Some hard science fiction books focus on the technical details of the craft, while others treat the spacecraft as a given and delve little into its actual implementation.
Examples of past or existing spacecraft
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Manned
Apollo Spacecraft
Gemini Spacecraft
International Space Station
Mir
Mercury Spacecraft
Shuttle Buran
Shenzhou Spacecraft
Space Shuttle
Soyuz Spacecraft
SpaceShipOne
Voskhod Spacecraft
Vostok Spacecraft
Unmanned
Cassini-Huygens
Cluster
Deep Space 1
Genesis
Mars Exploration Rover
Mars Global Surveyor
Mars Pathfinder
Pioneer 10
Pioneer 11
Progress
SOHO
Stardust
Viking 1
Viking 2
Voyager 1
Voyager 2
WMAP
Spacecraft under development
Crew Exploration Vehicle
Kliper
Automated Transfer Vehicle
H-II Transfer Vehicle
Ansari X Prize (incl. a list of spacecraft in various stages of completion as of 2005)
The US Space Command, according to its Long Range Plan, is currently planning to develop a weaponized spaceship, which has yet to be announced.