- but the
difference is not large. Due to the high cost of spaceflight,
suborbital flights are
likely to be
initially limited to high value, very high urgency...
- the
thrust to
overcome the
force of
gravity and
propel spacecraft onto
suborbital trajectories. If the
mission is orbital, the
spacecraft usually separates...
- than
suborbital trajectories. This
kinetic energy is shed as heat
during re-entry. Many more
spaceplanes have been proposed. At
least two
suborbital rocket-powered...
-
Ansari X
Prize for
commercial human suborbital spaceflight in the
early 2000s and
later developed a
series of
suborbital vehicles. In
August 2013, Carmack...
-
accelerate it to a
horizontal velocity of at
least 7,814 m/s (17,480 mph).
Suborbital vehicles launch their payloads to
lower velocity or are
launched at elevation...
- This
article lists orbital and
suborbital launches during the
first half of the year 2025. For all
other spaceflight activities, see 2025 in spaceflight...
-
Copenhagen Suborbitals is a crowd-funded
human space program. It has
flown six home-built
rockets and
capsules since 2011. The
organization successfully...
-
Periorbital puffiness, also
known as
puffy eyes, or
swelling around the eyes, is the
appearance of
swelling in the
tissues around the eyes,
called the...
-
develops commercial spacecraft and
provides suborbital spaceflights to
space tourists.
Virgin Galactic's
suborbital spacecraft are air
launched from beneath...
- this, on May 5, the US
launched its
first astronaut, Alan Shepard, on a
suborbital flight.
Soviet Gherman Titov followed with a day-long
orbital flight in...
