space vehicles
Rockets and shuttles
Space vehicles are craft designed for travel beyond Earth's atmosphere.
The term covers everything from satellites and space shuttles to rockets, probes, and capsules.
Unlike aircraft, space vehicles must operate in vacuum conditions and withstand extreme temperatures during launch and reentry: The space vehicle reached orbit after a six-minute burn.
Enclosed dose container
- moduleIndependent functional component
- landerSpacecraft for surface arrival
- probeThorough examination or tool
- orbiterBody circling another
rocket · command module · service module · lunar module · shuttle · station · Soyuz · Apollo
Renowned astronomer's surname
- James WebbOrbital infrared observatory
- ChandraSanskrit word for moon
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
- observatoryFacility for celestial study
infrared · ultraviolet · X-ray · mirror · optics · imaging · deep field · exoplanet
Thorough examination or tool
- VoyagerNASA interstellar mission name
- PioneerAudio-visual equipment manufacturer
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
- CassiniSaturn mission namesake
New Horizons · Juno · Kepler · Rosetta · flyby · interstellar · rendezvous · trajectory
America personified, or its namesakes
- EndeavourNamed vessel, two famous
- AtlantisMythical sunken island
- DiscoveryVessel or network name
- ChallengerSpecific vessel or vehicle name
Enterprise · reentry · thermal tiles · heat shield · glide · landing · cargo · crew
Drifter or space explorer
- CuriosityMars surface laboratory
- PerseveranceSustained effort despite difficulty
- MarsRed planet, war deity
- lunarOf the moon
robotic · wheels · solar-powered · autonomous · navigation · terrain · drill · sample collection
Fixed above one point
- SputnikFirst orbital spacecraft
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
- spyCovert information gatherer
weather · reconnaissance · geosynchronous · tracking · deployment · relay · imaging · Starlink
capsule
Enclosed dose container
- moduleIndependent functional component
- landerSpacecraft for surface arrival
- probeThorough examination or tool
orbiter · rocket · command module · service module · lunar module · shuttle · station · Soyuz · Apollo · Gemini
Hubble
Renowned astronomer's surname
- James WebbOrbital infrared observatory
- ChandraSanskrit word for moon
- KeplerPlanetary motion law formulator
observatory · infrared · ultraviolet · X-ray · mirror · optics · imaging · deep field · exoplanet · spectrometer
probe
Thorough examination or tool
- VoyagerNASA interstellar mission name
- PioneerAudio-visual equipment manufacturer
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
Cassini · New Horizons · Juno · Kepler · Rosetta · flyby · interstellar · rendezvous · trajectory · telemetry
Columbia
America personified, or its namesakes
Challenger · Enterprise · reentry · thermal tiles · heat shield · glide · landing · cargo · crew · orbiter
rover
Drifter or space explorer
- CuriosityMars surface laboratory
- PerseveranceSustained effort despite difficulty
- MarsRed planet, war deity
lunar · robotic · wheels · solar-powered · autonomous · navigation · terrain · drill · sample collection · geology
geostationary
Fixed above one point
- SputnikFirst orbital spacecraft
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- communicationExchanging ideas or information
spy · weather · reconnaissance · geosynchronous · tracking · deployment · relay · imaging · Starlink · transponder
space vehiclessubmarines
Underwater naval vessels
underwater vehicles · automobiles · boats · aircraft · trains
space vehicleshorse-drawn carriages
Vehicles pulled by equines
oxcarts · chariots · rickshaws · dugout canoes · sledges
space, satellite, spaceship, spacecraft, vehicles, satellites, spaceships, space shuttle, spacecrafts