spacecraft
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A museum plaque has been unveiled in honour of the scientist who developed the Beagle 2 probe - the first British and European spacecraft to land on another planet.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The company specialised in CubeSats at just the right moment, a few years after it launched, as smaller and cheaper spacecraft were taking off, and would go on to build Scotland's first satellite, the UKube-1.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
The maneuver subjected the airframe to an estimated 3 Gs of force, akin to what a spacecraft experiences during launch, and exceeded the 737 MAX’s operating limit of 2.5 Gs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026
The duration of the journey depends greatly on the distance between the ISS and the spacecraft at the time of launch.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Thousands of others were arriving by spacecraft every minute, to do battle with the Sixers and secure their own copy of the Jade Key.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
