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...xpendable [[Space Shuttle external tank|external propellant tank]] and two reusable [[Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster|solid-fuel booster rockets]]. [[Reusable launch system]]s are currently being developed by private industry. ...

{{Spaceflight sidebar}} ...ly to accelerate its payload, offering greater payloads. ELVs are a proven technology in widespread use for many decades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spacetethers. ...

{{short description|Technology developed for use in Space exploration}} ...lsion|in-space propulsion]]; and a wide variety of [[:Category:Spaceflight technology|other technologies including support infrastructure equipment, and procedur ...

{{Short description|Canadian spaceflight project}} ...o be a contender for the [[Ansari X Prize]] for the first non-governmental reusable crewed spacecraft. The project was based in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Cana ...

...t to mid-term goal. Instead, NASDA chose to recommend the use of winged [[reusable launch system]]s such as the US [[Space Shuttle]] and [[HOPE-X|HOPE]]. ...ttle Columbia disaster]] in 2003 also raised questions about the safety of reusable systems, and JAXA felt that the Fuji design, relying on an expendable capsu ...

{{Short description|American reusable launch vehicle company}} '''Rocketplane Kistler''' ('''RpK''') was a [[reusable launch system]] firm originally based in [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web |url= ...

|alma_mater = [[California Institute of Technology]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/offices/hsf/members/greason-bio.h ...He co-founded the [[Commercial Spaceflight Federation]] (formerly Personal Spaceflight Federation). ...

...philanthropic initiatives in telecommunications, education, and commercial spaceflight.<ref name="imiranian">{{cite web |title=Amir Ansari |url=https://imiranian. ...ation IP networks. Under Ansari's technical leadership, the company’s VoIP technology helped reduce telephone costs and gained widespread industry adoption.<ref ...

|function=[[Orbital spaceflight|Orbital]] [[launch vehicle]] ...t#Geocentric_orbit_types|high-energy orbits]] with a K-1 Active Dispenser, technology demonstration flights, microgravity missions, and commercial cargo resupply ...

...=https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/investing-in-space-virgin-galactic-enters-spaceflight-hiatus.html }}</ref> Ultimately, no example of a SpaceShip III vehicle was ...and Inside SpaceShipTwo |url=http://www.space.com/2728-burt-rutan-civilian-spaceflight-breakthroughs-spaceshiptwo.html |publisher=[[Space.com]]}}</ref> ...

...{cite web|title=NASA's Space Launch Initiative: The Next Generation Launch Technology Program|url=https://www.nasa.gov/centers/marshall/pdf/172379main_ngltfacts. ...esigned to flight test advancing technologies to reduce the risk of future reusable launch vehicle systems, including the Orbital Space Plane.{{Citation needed ...

{{Spaceflight sidebar}} ...g_to_low_earth_orbit.shtml | archive-date=2012-03-19 }}</ref> [[Suborbital spaceflight|Suborbital]] vehicles launch their payloads to lower velocity or are launch ...

...SAF]], (born June 20, 1948) is an American [[astronaut]] and USAF [[Manned Spaceflight Engineer]]. Payton flew on the [[STS-51-C]] mission aboard the [[Space Shut ...Air Force Station]], in [[Florida]]. He was selected for the USAF [[Manned Spaceflight Engineer Program]] in February 1980.<ref name=NASA>{{cite web|url=https://w ...

{{short description|Uncrewed re-usable spaceplane technology demonstrator for the VentureStar}} ...ction = Uncrewed re-usable [[spaceplane]] [[Technology demonstration|technology demonstrator]] ...

...cent years as advancing technology in the form of [[reusable launch system|reusable launch vehicles]] and combination launch systems make affordable space trav ...ing, the human species could possibly become extinct; its art, culture and technology would be lost. However, if humans had previously colonized locations outsid ...

{{short description|Suborbital human spaceflight program using the reusable spacecraft SpaceShipOne}} ...he 10 million US Dollars [[Ansari X Prize]] for the first non-governmental reusable crewed spacecraft. ...

...awarded to the first US-based privately funded team to design and build a reusable crewed capsule capable of flying 5 astronauts to a [[Bigelow Aerospace]] in * [[List of space technology awards]] ...

| manufacturer = [[China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology]] (CALT) ...ng-1]]<br />[[Tiangong-2]]<br />[[Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft|Reusable experimental spacecraft]] ...

...ations and civilians, opening the door to [[Private spaceflight|commercial spaceflight]] and [[space tourism]]. It is also hoped that competition will breed [[inn ...lled [[Centennial Challenges]] to generate innovative solutions to [[space technology]] problems. ...