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    Uncrewed spacecraft or robotic spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board. Uncrewed spacecraft may have varying levels of autonomy from human input...
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    Canada and several other countries. Uncrewed spacecraft are spacecraft without people on board. Uncrewed spacecraft may have varying levels of autonomy...
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    List of the largest fixed satellite operators List of uncrewed spacecraft by program Uncrewed spaceflights to the International Space Station Lists of...
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    the uncrewed Progress cargo spacecraft to resupply its space stations in low earth orbit, greatly extending the length of crew stays. As an uncrewed spacecraft...
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    (IAUV) Underwater glider Uncrewed spacecraft, both remote controlled ("uncrewed space mission") and autonomous ("robotic spacecraft" or "space probe") Vehicular...
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    also docked to the outpost following uncrewed launches. Resupply missions typically use the Russian Progress spacecraft, European Automated Transfer Vehicles...
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    usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board. Most spaceflight is uncrewed and conducted mainly with spacecraft such...
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    retirement of a spacecraft refers to the discontinuation of a spacecraft from active service. This can involve deorbiting the spacecraft, discontinuing...
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    Splashdown is the method of landing a spacecraft or launch vehicle in a body of water, usually by parachute. This has been the primary recovery method...
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    Mars 1M (section Spacecraft)
    Mars 1M was a series of two uncrewed spacecraft which were used in the first Soviet missions to explore Mars. They were the earliest missions of the Mars...
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    member, and spacecraft currently planned to operate with crews in the future. It does not contain spacecraft that have only flown uncrewed and have retired...
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  • (missile) MILAN Roland (missile) Helios (spacecraft) Symphonie EURECA Shuttle pallet satellite Spacelab Saenger (spacecraft) MBTA Commuter Rail BTC-3 and CTC-3...
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    aerodynamics, the spacecraft is encased within a fairing and fitted with a launch escape system during liftoff. Its maiden uncrewed flight, Shenzhou 1...
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  • 11 December 2007. Code named Program 863-706, the Chinese name of this spacecraft was revealed as "Shenlong Spaceplane" (神龙空天飞机). These images, possibly...
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    Orbital Flight Test mission, an uncrewed test flight of Starliner to the International Space Station. The spacecraft was scheduled to dock to the ISS...
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    landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Of multiple attempted Mars landings by robotic, uncrewed spacecraft, ten have had successful...
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    of the Starliner spacecraft, although following the partial failure of the other CST-100 on Boe-OFT which required a repeat uncrewed test (Boe-OFT-2)...
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    cargo storage for the TKS spacecraft. The FGB could also be used alone as an uncrewed cargo module without a VA spacecraft, which enabled the FGB design...
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    Saturn Vs launched two uncrewed CSMs on high Earth orbit test flights, the CSM on one crewed lunar mission, the complete spacecraft on one crewed low Earth...
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    Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). The spacecraft prototype underwent its first uncrewed test flight on 5 May 2020. The crew carrier is designed...
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    Pioneer probes, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory embarked upon an uncrewed spacecraft development program whose modular design could be used to support...
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    was too risky to return its astronauts to Earth aboard the spacecraft, which landed uncrewed in September 2024. As the Space Shuttle program drew to a...
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  • Safe mode is an operating mode of a modern uncrewed spacecraft during which all non-essential systems are shut down and only essential functions such...
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    2023, the first uncrewed and crewed test flights are expected to occur in 2028. Roscosmos has envisioned several versions of the spacecraft, configurable...
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    spaceflight to low Earth orbit and the Moon. On the other hand, uncrewed spacecraft have reached all of the known planets in the Solar System. Outer...
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    no longer serve a useful function. These include derelict spacecraft (nonfunctional spacecraft and abandoned launch vehicle stages), mission-related debris...
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    Mariner Mark II (category Cancelled spacecraft)
    Mariner Mark II was NASA's planned family of uncrewed spacecraft for the exploration of the outer Solar System that were to be developed and operated...
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    crewed interplanetary spacecraft Project Daedalus (1973–1978), uncrewed interstellar probe Project Longshot (1987–1988), uncrewed interstellar probe Project...
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    series of Explorer spacecraft carrying a wide variety of scientific investigations. The Pioneer program was a series of NASA uncrewed space missions designed...
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    utilized to boost the station's orbit once docked. The Progress spacecraft’s uncrewed and disposable design enables significant weight reduction. Unlike...
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