Difference between revisions of "Astronautics"

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Astronautics is the science of spaceflight.  It covers the fields of space travel and space exploration. It is divided into a number of subfields covering various aspects of spaceflight.
 
Astronautics is the science of spaceflight.  It covers the fields of space travel and space exploration. It is divided into a number of subfields covering various aspects of spaceflight.
  
Aeronautics differs from astronautics in that it is the science of atmospheric flight.  [[Aeronautics on Mars]] can be viewed either as a subset of spaceflight or as an extension of aeronautics.
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Aeronautics differs from astronautics in that it is the science of atmospheric flight.  [[Aeronautics on Mars]] can be viewed either as a subset of Spaceflight or as an extension of Earth aeronautics.
  
 
==Astrodynamics==
 
==Astrodynamics==
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Secondary propulsion
 
Secondary propulsion
  
==Spacecraft design==
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==Spacecraft Design==
 
Structure
 
Structure
  
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Thermal design
 
Thermal design
  
Communication
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Communications
  
 
Launch and landing infrastructures
 
Launch and landing infrastructures
  
==Spacecraft controls==
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==Spacecraft Controls==
 
Attitude controls
 
Attitude controls
  
 
Star trackers
 
Star trackers
  
telemetry, command and tracking
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Telemetry, command and tracking
  
==Space environment==
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==Space Environment==
 
Solar wind
 
Solar wind
  
Radiation
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Radiation in space
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Martian surface radiation environment
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Dust and micrometeorites
  
 
==Bioastronautics==
 
==Bioastronautics==
  
 
==Aeronautics on Mars==
 
==Aeronautics on Mars==

Revision as of 06:17, 27 August 2021


Astronautics is the science of spaceflight. It covers the fields of space travel and space exploration. It is divided into a number of subfields covering various aspects of spaceflight.

Aeronautics differs from astronautics in that it is the science of atmospheric flight. Aeronautics on Mars can be viewed either as a subset of Spaceflight or as an extension of Earth aeronautics.

Astrodynamics

Spacecraft trajectories, ballistics and celestial mechanics.

Orbital mechanics

Spacecraft Propulsion

Propulsion

Propellant

Fuel

Propulsion systems

Secondary propulsion

Spacecraft Design

Structure

Power

Thermal design

Communications

Launch and landing infrastructures

Spacecraft Controls

Attitude controls

Star trackers

Telemetry, command and tracking

Space Environment

Solar wind

Radiation in space

Martian surface radiation environment

Dust and micrometeorites

Bioastronautics

Aeronautics on Mars