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    main types of atmospheric entry: uncontrolled entry, such as the entry of astronomical objects, space debris, or bolides; and controlled entry (or reentry)...
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    Mars atmospheric entry is the entry into the atmosphere of Mars. High velocity entry into Martian air creates a CO2-N2 plasma, as opposed to O2-N2 for...
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    Non-ballistic atmospheric entry is a class of atmospheric entry trajectories that follow a non-ballistic trajectory by employing aerodynamic lift in the...
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    functional. For bodies with atmospheres, the landing occurs after atmospheric entry. In these cases, landers may employ parachutes to slow them down enough...
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  • occurrence of a repeated musical theme, especially in a fugue Atmospheric entry Royal entry, a procession of a ruler or his/her representative into a city...
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    detonated at Hiroshima. The object approached Earth undetected before its atmospheric entry, in part because its radiant (source direction) was close to the Sun...
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    Venus Life Finder (category Extraterrestrial atmosphere entry)
    remain attached to the atmospheric probe until 30 minutes prior to atmospheric entry. The 17 kg (37 lb) cone-shaped atmospheric probe measures just 40 cm...
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    and 0.4% over the entire atmosphere. Air composition, temperature and atmospheric pressure vary with altitude. Within the atmosphere, air suitable for...
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  • High Energy Transient Explorer 1 (HETE-1) was a NASA astronomical satellite with international participation (mainly Japan and France). The concept of...
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    incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. "Re-Entry: DART Autonomous Rendezvous Demonstrator meets its fiery End". Spaceflight...
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    chemical or nuclear explosives. Rather, at a critical moment in its atmospheric entry the enormous ram pressure experienced by the leading face of the meteoroid...
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    The Saturn Atmospheric Entry Probe is a mission concept study for a robotic spacecraft to deliver a single probe into Saturn to study its atmosphere....
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    spacecraft that have been designed with repeated launch, orbit, deorbit and atmospheric reentry in mind. This contrasts with conventional spacecraft which are...
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    and main engine at 05:08 UTC, lasting a little over 22 minutes. The atmospheric entry at the altitude of 100 kilometres (62 mi) occurred at 05:44 UTC near...
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    enhances its protection against UV radiation. Atmospheric entry – The final stage of lithopanspermia, is re-entry onto a viable planet via its atmosphere....
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  • Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard...
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    impacting body), though atmospheres mitigate many surface impacts through atmospheric entry. Impact craters and structures are dominant landforms on many of the...
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    Pioneer Venus Multiprobe (category Extraterrestrial atmosphere entry)
    the Venusian atmosphere at a shallow entry angle and transmit data until destruction by the heat of atmospheric friction. The objective was to study the...
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    Galileo (spacecraft) (category Extraterrestrial atmosphere entry)
    Future Planetary Missions". International Workshop on Planetary Probe Atmospheric Entry and Descent Trajectory Analysis and Science (PDF). Lisbon, Portugal:...
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    SpaceNews. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2021. Venus In Situ Atmospheric and Geochemical Explorer (VISAGE): A Proposed New Frontiers Mission....
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    SPRITE (spacecraft) (category Extraterrestrial atmosphere entry)
    Interior and aTmospheric Explorer) was a proposed Saturn atmospheric probe mission concept of the NASA. SPRITE is a design for an atmospheric entry probe that...
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    photolysis produces O and O2. The oxygen atom product combines with atmospheric molecular oxygen to reform O3, releasing heat. The rapid photolysis and...
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    Galileo Galilei, the Galileo spacecraft consisted of an orbiter and an atmospheric entry probe. It was delivered into Earth orbit on October 18, 1989, by Space...
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  • Spain-Portugal comet fragment (category Atmospheric entry)
    On 18 May 2024, a fragment of a comet was spotted in the sky 60km above Spain and Portugal. The comet was estimated to have been traveling at 162,000 kilometers...
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    vehicle from pressure, heat, and possible debris created by drag during atmospheric entry. Its main components consist of a heat shield (the forebody) and a...
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    Explorer 46, (also Meteoroid Technology Satellite-A or MTS-A), was a NASA satellite launched as part of Explorer program. Explorer 46 was designed to provide...
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    Company. The company produced the Hughes H-4 Hercules aircraft, the atmospheric entry probe carried by the Galileo spacecraft, and the AIM-4 Falcon guided...
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  • (neural circuitry) in neuroscience Re-entry, or reentrant dysrhythmia, a type of cardiac arrhythmia Atmospheric entry, the movement of human-made or natural...
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    the effects of frictional heating, unpredictable turbulence effects, atmospheric composition, and temperature. Aerobraking done this way allows sufficient...
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  • coming from the same meteorite fall: often a single meteoroid during atmospheric entry tends to fragment into more pieces. The table lists the largest meteorites...
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