- A
retrorocket (short for
retrograde rocket) is a
rocket engine providing thrust opposing the
motion of a vehicle,
thereby causing it to decelerate. They...
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spacecraft was, essentially, a
Vostok spacecraft that had a
backup solid fuel
retrorocket added to the top of the
descent module. The
ejection seat was removed...
- the
objective of
achieving a soft
landing on the Moon; however, its
retrorocket firing occurred too late, and
suffered a hard
impact on the
lunar surface...
- the missile's
retrorocket, the RD-854 engine,
causing the
warhead to take on a
ballistic path
towards its target. The warhead,
retrorocket, and guidance...
- Vostok's
retrorocket could fail and
leave the
cosmonaut stuck in orbit. It was too late in the spacecraft's
design phase to add a
backup retrorocket but it...
-
blunt heat
shield forward for
atmospheric re-entry. He also
tested the
retrorockets which would return later missions from orbit,
though the
capsule did...
-
spacecraft was
basically a
Vostok spacecraft that had a backup, solid-fueled
retrorocket added to the top of the
descent module. As it was much heavier, the launch...
-
impact trajectory, from 2.6 km/s
relative to the Moon
before firing retrorockets to a soft
landing about 3
minutes 10
seconds later. Each
craft was planned...
-
Australia Retrograde analysis, a type of
problem in games,
especially chess Retrorocket, a
rocket engine Retrospective, a look back at
events that took place...
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never reestablished, and the
mission was unsuccessful. The solid-fuel
retrorocket may have
exploded near the end of its
scheduled burn.
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