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Sky crane or skycrane may refer to:

  • A type of aerial crane helicopter pioneered by Sikorsky in 1950s and 1960s where the fuselage is only large enough to accommodate the pilot and crew and does not have a cargo hold or passenger area. Examples include S-64 Skycrane, S-60 and CH-54 Tarhe.
  • Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane, an American twin-engine heavy-lift helicopter
  • Sky crane (landing system), soft landing system used for Curiosity and Perseverance Mars rovers

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Sky crane

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Sky crane or skycrane may refer to: A type of aerial crane helicopter pioneered by Sikorsky in 1950s and 1960s where the fuselage is only large enough...

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Cranes in the Sky

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"Cranes in the Sky" is a song by American singer-songwriter Solange. Released on October 5, 2016 by Saint Records and Columbia Records, it is the first...

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Mars Science Laboratory

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the MSL engineers came up with a novel alternative solution: the sky crane. The sky crane system lowered the rover with a 7.6 m (25 ft) tether to a soft...

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Boeing Starliner

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An Erickson Sky Crane helicopter, foreground, frames the CST-100, background in 2012. The helicopter ascends to about 7,000 feet above the playa and releases...

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Mars 2020

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and sky crane assembly detached from the backshell, and rockets on the sky crane controlled the remaining descent to the planet. As the sky crane moved...

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List of spacecraft intentionally crashed into extraterrestrial bodies

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137.4312 Debris field created by the heat shield, sky crane, and other components. Mars 2020 Sky crane United States 18 February 2021 Octavia E. Butler...

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Mars landing

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too heavy to use airbags, the retrorockets can be mounted on a sky crane. The sky crane drops from the parachute back shell and, as it nears the ground...

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Stephen Crane

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classic, Crane is also known for his poetry, journalism, and short stories such as "The Open Boat", "The Blue Hotel", "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", and...

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Europa Lander

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Descent Vehicle (PDV) - which comprises the lander and the sky crane system. The sky crane system would lower the lander with a tether to a soft landing...

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Adam Steltzner

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phase (Entry, Descent and Landing), and helped design, build and test the sky crane landing system. The media has portrayed Steltzner as a "rock and roll"...

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Sandhill crane

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playing this file? See media help. The sandhill crane (Antigone canadensis) is a species of large crane of North America and extreme northeastern Siberia...

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Hughes Helicopters

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Corporation sold their latest design to Hughes for production. The XH-17 "Sky Crane" first flew in October 1952, but was commercially unsuccessful. In 1955...

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Mars aircraft

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Landing (EDL) - NASA". mars.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-04. "Curiosity's Sky Crane Maneuver, Artist's Concept - NASA". Retrieved 2023-10-04. "Flight Log"...

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Simon Crane

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Simon Crane (born 1960) is a British stuntman, stunt coordinator, second unit director and film director. Born in Twickenham, Middlesex, England. Crane was...

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Hughes Aircraft Company

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Aircraft Co. sold its latest design to Hughes for production. The XH-17 "Sky Crane" first flew in October 1952, but was commercially unsuccessful. In 1955...

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Dinner in the Sky

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Dinner in the Sky is a Belgian-based novelty restaurant service which uses a crane to hoist its diners, table, and waiting staff 150 feet (46 m) into the...

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Europa Clipper

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be delivered to Europa by the main spacecraft and possibly require the sky crane system for a high precision, soft landing near an active crevasse. The...

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Yellow Crane Tower

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at Yellow Crane Tower. Amid March's mist and flowers he goes down to Yangzhou. The distant image of his lonely sail disappears in the blue sky, And all...

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MELOS

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meteorology, geology and astrobiology. The demonstration rover would use NASA's sky crane system for landing, and once on the surface, would deploy the MELOS rover...

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Vanilla Sky

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Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed, written, and co-produced by Cameron Crowe. It is an English-language...

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