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[[Category:Mission Planning]]
Spacecraft Propulsion
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Spacecraft controls
 
Space environment
 
Bioastronautics
 
  
Aeronautics on Mars
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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.
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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.
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==Astrodynamics==
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Spacecraft trajectories, ballistics and celestial mechanics.
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[[Escape velocity]]
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[[Orbit|Orbital mechanics,]] [[Hohmann transfer]] orbits, fast transfer and flyby orbits, 
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[[Aerobraking]], [[Aerobraking|aerocapture]]
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==Spacecraft Propulsion==
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[[Propulsion]]
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[[Propellant]], [[Fuel]] and Oxidizers
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[[List of Propulsion Systems|Propulsion systems]]
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Secondary propulsion
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==Spacecraft Design==
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Structure
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Power systems, [[Radioisotope thermoelectric generator|RTGs]], [[Fuel cell|fuel cells]], Batteries, [[Solar panel|Photovoltaic panels]]
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Thermal design, [[Insulation]], radiative cooling
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Communications
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Launch and landing infrastructures
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==Spacecraft Controls==
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Attitude controls
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Star trackers
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Telemetry, command and tracking
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==Space Environment==
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[[Solar wind]]
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Radiation in space
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Martian surface radiation environment
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Dust and micrometeorites
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==Bioastronautics==
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==Aeronautics on Mars==

Latest revision as of 08:39, 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.

Escape velocity

Orbital mechanics, Hohmann transfer orbits, fast transfer and flyby orbits,

Aerobraking, aerocapture

Spacecraft Propulsion

Propulsion

Propellant, Fuel and Oxidizers

Propulsion systems

Secondary propulsion

Spacecraft Design

Structure

Power systems, RTGs, fuel cells, Batteries, Photovoltaic panels

Thermal design, Insulation, radiative cooling

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