Malone Robert and Maloney William E Editor (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 125, [3] pages. Illustrations. Terminology. Bibliography. Format approximately 8.5 inches by 10.5 inches. Ex-library with usual library markings. Library binding. Pages 8 and 9 repaired with tape. Pencil erasure on fep. 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, and transportation of humans and cargo. On a sub-orbital spaceflight, a spacecraft enters space and then returns to the surface, without having gone into an orbit. For orbital spaceflights, spacecraft enter closed orbits around the Earth or around other celestial bodies. Spacecraft used for human spaceflight carry people on board as crew or passengers from start or on orbit (space stations) only, whereas those used for robotic space missions operate either autonomously or telerobotically. Robotic spacecraft that remain in orbit around a planetary body are artificial satellites. Only a handful of interstellar probes, such as Pioneer 10, Voyager 1, and New Horizons, are on trajectories that leave the Solar System. Orbital spacecraft may be recoverable or not. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Jean Claude Suares (Art Editor) (illustrator).…