Space capsule
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A space capsule is a spacecraft designed to transport cargo, scientific experiments, and/or astronauts to and from space. Reentry capsules are distinguished from other spacecraft by the ability to sur
Crew Dragon approaching the ISS in March 2019 during Demo-1
The Gemini 12 capsule from the 1966 10th and final mission of Project Gemini, flown by Jim Lovell and Buzz Aldrin (exhibited at Chicago's Adler Planetarium)
The Apollo 15 command and service module in orbit around the Moon taken from Falcon, the mission's Apollo Lunar Module
The Soyuz spacecraft, with reentry capsule (Descent Module) highlighted
Project Mercury
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Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and retur
Space capsule
…development include Boeing's Starliner, Russia's Orel, India's Gaganyaan, and China's Mengzhou. Historic examples of crewed capsules include Vostok, Mercury, Voskhod, Gemini, and Apollo. The Vostok was the Soviet Union's first crewed space capsule. The first human spaceflight was Vostok 1, accomplished on…
Wallops Island test facility, 1961
Mercury Control Center, Cape Canaveral, 1963
Retropack: Retrorockets with red posigrade rockets
Landing skirt (or bag) deployment: skirt is inflated; on impact the air is pressed out (like an airbag)