Crew Dragon approaching the ISS in March 2019 during Demo-1
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A space capsule is a spacecraft designed to transport cargo, scientific experiments, and/or astronauts to and from space.[1] Capsules are distinguished from other spacecraft by the ability to survive reentry and return a payload to the Earth's surface from orbit or sub-orbit, and are distinguished from other types of recoverable spacecraft by their blunt shape, not having wings and often containing little fuel other than what is necessary for a safe return. Capsule-based crewed spacecraft such as Soyuz or Orion are often supported by a service or adapter module, and sometimes augmented with an extra module for extended space operations. Capsules make up the majority of crewed spacecraft designs, although one crewed spaceplane, the Space Shuttle, has flown in orbit.
Current examples of crewed space capsules include Soyuz, Shenzhou, and Dragon 2. Examples of new crew capsules currently in development include NASA's Orion, Boeing's Starliner, Russia's Orel, India's Gaganyaan, and China's Mengzhou. Historic examples of crewed capsules include Vostok, Mercury, Voskhod, Gemini, and Apollo, and active programs include the New Shepard launches. A crewed space capsule must be able to sustain life in an often demanding thermal and radiation environment in the vacuum of space. It may be expendable (used once, like Soyuz) or reusable (like Crew Dragon).
A spacecapsule is a spacecraft designed to transport cargo, scientific experiments, and/or astronauts to and from space. Capsules are distinguished from...
larger than either the Apollo command module or SpaceX Crew Dragon and smaller than the Artemis Orion capsule. Starliner can hold a crew of up to seven and...
nations had sent six people into space, but the Soviets led the US in total time spent in space. The Mercury spacecapsule was produced by McDonnell Aircraft...
capsule: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Virginia TTV-2 paraglider capsule: Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Gemini boilerplate: Air Force Space...
original Dragon 1 used to carry freight to and from space. The spacecraft consists of a reusable spacecapsule and an expendable trunk module. The spacecraft...
developing the New Shepard launch vehicle, a crew capsule was also needed, and design was begun on a spacecapsule in the early 2000s. One development milestone...
orbital spacecraft were spacecapsules. Crewed spacecraft American Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spacecraft Soviet Vostok capsule Soviet Voskhod (variant...
capsule is the portion of a spacecapsule which returns to Earth following a spaceflight. The shape is determined partly by aerodynamics; a capsule is...
Early space programs Vostok spacecapsule (competitor against Mercury program) Voskhod 2 spacecapsule (competitor against Gemini program) Space program...
number of places where the astronauts had written on the walls of the capsule were found. These included a calendar and a warning about smelly waste...
Space Shuttle, through its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) development program. The Dragon spacecapsule was a part of SpaceX's proposal...
repurposed for the Almaz military space station program. The VA capsule on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum was labeled as Merkur,...
(23,000 m2) and displays over 400 space artifacts, including the Mercury 9, Gemini 5, and Apollo 17 spacecapsules. This artifact gallery includes three...
manufactures and operates the Nyx spacecapsule for space agencies and space stations as well as both space and non-space companies in other industries....
The SpaceCapsule Recovery Experiment (SCRE or more commonly SRE or SRE-1) is an Indian experimental spacecraft which was launched at 03:53 UTC on January...
crewed space missions began in 2007 with the 600-kilogram (1,300 lb) SpaceCapsule Recovery Experiment (SRE), launched using the Polar Satellite Launch...
2012). "Space X Capsule Docks at Space Station". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2012. "SpaceX, In Another...
later that year. 30 May 2020 – SpaceX successfully launches a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Crew Dragon spacecapsule during the Demo-2 mission, marking...
its maiden crewed mission, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)'s largely autonomous 5.3-metric ton capsule will orbit the Earth at 400 km altitude...
Look up capsule in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Capsule may refer to: Articular capsule (joint capsule), an envelope surrounding a synovial joint Bacterial...
Copenhagen Suborbitals is a crowd-funded human space program. It has flown six home-built rockets and capsules since 2011. The organization successfully launched...
much publicized pursuit of a space tourism seat on a Soyuz spacecapsule. Bass was certified by both NASA and the Russian Space Program after several months...
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