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A '''spacecraft''' is a vehicle, or machine designed to fly in outer space. | [[File:Vostok1_descent_module.jpg|thumb|Vostok-1 descent module.]]A '''spacecraft''' is a vehicle, or machine designed to fly in outer space. | ||
Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, transportation of humans and cargo. | |||
== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
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File:Rosetta's_last_image.jpg|link=Rosetta spacecraft (nonfiction)|"I regret nothing" says [[Rosetta spacecraft (nonfiction)|Rosetta spacecraft]], before impacting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. | |||
File:Orgasmatron from Sleeper.png|link=Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|Tiny spacecraft with [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|alien "Happy Ending" software]] found on set of Woody Allen film. | |||
File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|Flock of [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]]. USN photo circa 1930-31. | |||
File:Wumpuss-compass.jpg|link=Wumpus-compass|[[Wumpus-compass]] syndrome linked to [[Extract of Radium]] binge. | |||
File:International Space Station after undocking of STS-132.jpg|link=Engineering (nonfiction)|International Space Station is a masterpiece of [[Engineering (nonfiction)|engineering]]. | |||
File:Francesco Lana de Terzi Flying boat 1670.png|link=Airship (nonfiction)|Francesco Lana de Terzi's [[Airship (nonfiction)|Aerial Ship]] design of 1670 still holds up today. | |||
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* | * [[Liberace's Bathtub]] | ||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Interstellar luxury cruiser (nonfiction)]] | * [[Interstellar luxury cruiser (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Rosetta spacecraft (nonfiction)]] | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft Spacecraft] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacecraft Spacecraft] @ Wikipedia | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:49, 13 June 2017
A spacecraft is a vehicle, or machine designed to fly in outer space.
Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, space colonization, planetary exploration, transportation of humans and cargo.
Fiction cross-reference
"I regret nothing" says Rosetta spacecraft, before impacting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
Tiny spacecraft with alien "Happy Ending" software found on set of Woody Allen film.
Flock of Carnivorous dirigibles. USN photo circa 1930-31.
Wumpus-compass syndrome linked to Extract of Radium binge.
International Space Station is a masterpiece of engineering.
Francesco Lana de Terzi's Aerial Ship design of 1670 still holds up today.
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Spacecraft @ Wikipedia