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Radio show
Control. A second ship, Orbiter 2, piloted by Captain Bob Britton (John Carson), sent to rescue the first crew finds Orbiter 1 deserted and the spacecraft's
Orbiter_X
Reusable robotic spaceplane used by US military since 2010
discovering the new orbit for a while, permitting secret activities. Processing for the X-37 is carried out inside Bays 1 and 2 of the Orbiter Processing Facility
Boeing_X-37
Philippine aerospace company
Orbital Exploration Technologies, Inc., also known as Orbital Exploration or OrbitX, was a Philippine aerospace and space transportation company. OrbitX
OrbitX
Partially reusable launch system and space plane
of four orbital test flights occurred in 1981, leading to operational flights (STS-5) beginning in 1982. Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles
Space_Shuttle
Chinese commercial medium-lift rocket
Comparison of orbital launchers families Comparison of orbital launch systems Falcon 9 – Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX Long March
Long_March_10B
Rocket-powered aircraft and spaceplane operated by the US Air Force and NASA
The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space
North_American_X-15
Uncrewed re-usable spaceplane technology demonstrator for the VentureStar
the VentureStar orbital spaceplane, which was planned to be a next-generation, commercially operated reusable launch vehicle. The X-33 would flight-test
Lockheed_Martin_X-33
Pointing device
be determined. Since 1966, the American company Orbit Instrument Corporation produced a device named X-Y Ball Tracker, a trackball, which was embedded
Trackball
Medical diagnostic method
Orbital x-ray or orbital radiography is an x-ray of both left and right eye sockets, to include the Frontal Sinuses and Maxillary Sinuses. The x-ray can
Orbital_x-ray
Reusable medium-lift launch vehicle
staged-combustion booster engine, built to power Nova to orbit. 🚀" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 December 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter). Foust, Jeff (June 11, 2024)
Stoke_Space_Nova
European space-based solar observatory
The Solar Orbiter (SolO) is a Sun-observing probe developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with a NASA contribution. Solar Orbiter, designed to obtain
Solar_Orbiter
Human-rated re-usable spaceplane concept
dramatically differed from that of the Space Shuttle. Unlike the Space Shuttle orbiter, which had to be lifted and assembled together with several other heavy
VentureStar
Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle
be capable of delivering a payload of 13,000 kg (28,700 lb) to low Earth orbit in a partially reusable configuration, and will focus on the growing megaconstellation
Rocket_Lab_Neutron
Partially-reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle by Relativity Space
version would be capable of putting 20,000 kg (44,000 lb) into low-Earth orbit (LEO) in recoverable configuration. On 12 April 2023, after the first flight
Terran_R
Two-stage small launch vehicle, 200-300 kg to LEO
Expendable launch system by SpaceX Firefly Alpha – Two-stage small satellite launch rocket Miura 5 – European orbital recoverable rocket of the company
Rocket_Lab_Electron
Failed NASA mission to Mars (1998–1999)
The Mars Climate Orbiter (formerly the Mars Surveyor '98 Orbiter) was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on December 11, 1998, to study the Martian
Mars_Climate_Orbiter
Soviet launch vehicle
intended to put the payload into orbit, and Energia-Buran, in which the Buran orbiter was the payload and the source of the orbit insertion impulse. The launch
Energia_(rocket)
Spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle orbiter was the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued
Space_Shuttle_orbiter
Fifth version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
reusable, human-rated, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. It is the fifth major version
Falcon_9_Block_5
NASA spacecraft active since 2005
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) is a spacecraft designed to search for the existence of water on Mars and provide support for missions to Mars,
Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
Concept of launching the Space Shuttle orbiter using the Saturn V rocket
Saturn-Shuttle was a preliminary concept of launching the Space Shuttle orbiter using a modified version of the first stage of the Saturn V rocket. It
Saturn-Shuttle
Soviet cancelled spaceplane project
Orbital'nyi Raketoplan, "Unpiloted Orbital Rocketplane") series, uncrewed sub-scale reentry test vehicles. American analogs were the X-23 PRIME and ASSET. Several
Mikoyan-Gurevich_MiG-105
American experimental spaceplane
comparable to those of the X-15 than to those of orbiting spacecraft like the Space Shuttle. Accelerating a spacecraft to orbital speed requires more than
SpaceShipOne
US NASA & DOD hypersonic project in 1986–1993
The Rockwell X-30 was an advanced technology demonstrator project for the National Aero-Space Plane (NASP), part of a United States project to create
Rockwell_X-30
Proposed Soviet air-launched reusable launch system project
a Soviet air-launched orbiter reusable launch system project that was proposed in 1988, but cancelled in 1991. The MAKS orbiter was supposed to reduce
MAKS_(spacecraft)
German cancelled spaceplane project
Saenger or Sänger was a West German concept design for a two-stage-to-orbit spaceplane. It is named after Eugen Sänger, who had been a key figure in the
Saenger_(spacecraft)
India's first solar observation mission
Aditya-L1, Solar Orbiter and Proba-3". www.isro.gov.in. Retrieved 21 January 2026. "ISRO-ESA Heliophysics Workshop on Aditya-L1, Solar Orbiter and Proba-3
Aditya-L1
Chinese reusable spacecraft
commentators compared to the U.S. Air Force's X-37B, an autonomous spaceplane made by Boeing that can remain in orbit for long periods of time before flying
Chinese reusable experimental spacecraft
Chinese_reusable_experimental_spacecraft
American spaceflight and AI company
SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 1 into orbit, becoming the first private company to develop and launch a liquid-fueled rocket to orbit. In 2010
SpaceX
Partially-reusable medium-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. The first Falcon 9 launch was
Falcon_9
NASA robotic spacecraft orbiting the moon
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. Data collected by LRO
Lunar_Reconnaissance_Orbiter
Effort by SpaceX to make rockets that can fly multiple times
SpaceX has privately funded the development of orbital launch systems that can be reused many times, similar to the reusability of aircraft. SpaceX has
SpaceX reusable launch system development program
SpaceX_reusable_launch_system_development_program
NASA space telescope launched in 1999
The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space telescope launched
Chandra_X-ray_Observatory
Vehicles that can go to space and return
Solid Rocket Boosters, its RS-25 engines and the Space Shuttle orbiter that acted as an orbital insertion stage, but it did not reuse the External Tank that
Reusable_launch_vehicle
Function describing an electron in an atom
in an atom. Orbitals have been given names, which are usually given in the form: X t y p e {\displaystyle X\,\mathrm {type} \ } where X is the energy
Atomic_orbital
Single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane
Skylon was a series of concept designs for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit spaceplane by the British company Reaction Engines Limited, using SABRE, a
Skylon_(spacecraft)
European Space Agency programme to develop a prototype reusable rocket first stage
de. Retrieved 2025-10-10. "Themis, Maia, Callisto, Susie... Face au Space X d'Elon Musk, comment l'Europe veut se relancer dans la course spatiale avec
Themis_programme
Spacecraft designed for repeated use and reusability
uncrewed and orbital or sub-orbital. Examples include spaceplanes such as the Space Shuttle and the Boeing X-37B, and space capsules such as the SpaceX Dragon
Reusable_spacecraft
Manned Spacecraft sub-system
Technology. Totally dependent on the parent rocket booster to reach orbit. 25-ton orbiter, 2-ton payload. Chang Cheng-1 (Great Wall-1) space shuttle, proposed
China's_spaceplane_program
United Launch Alliance launch vehicle
to Geosynchronous orbit. It currently looks like Vulcan will be flying in the VC4 configuration for this mission" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter)
Vulcan_Centaur
Canceled NASA rocket key to Project Constellation
V hardware along with Ares I hardware after the scheduled upcoming Ares I-X Prime test of the Ares I five-segment SRB first stage. Several flights were
Ares_V
Planned Indian Venus orbiter
together on the Venus Orbiter Mission. The Venus Orbiter Mission (VOM), which is intended to insert a spacecraft in the orbit of planet Venus for a better
Venus_Orbiter_Mission
SpaceX satellite Internet constellation
maneuverable satellites in Earth orbit and had more than 12 million subscribers as of June 2026. In May 2018, SpaceX estimated the cost of designing,
Starlink
Canceled NASA rocket key to the Constellation program
Space Launch System as its new vehicle for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit. In 1995 Lockheed Martin produced an Advanced Transportation System Studies
Ares_I
Indian orbiter mission to Mars (2013–2022)
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), unofficially known as Mangalyaan (Sanskrit: Maṅgala 'Mars', Yāna 'Craft, Vehicle'), is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24
Mars_Orbiter_Mission
Aerospace company in the United Kingdom
Orbital Express Launch Ltd., or Orbex, was a United Kingdom-based aerospace company that was developing commercial orbital launch vehicles, namely a small
Orbex
ESA/JAXA mission to study Mercury in orbit (2018–present)
mission comprises two orbiters: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), built and operated by ESA, and Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO), built and operated
BepiColombo
Air-launched single stage suborbital rocket vehicle
The Generation Orbit X-60 (GOLauncher 1 or GO1) was an air-launched single stage suborbital rocket vehicle produced by Generation Orbit. The first two
Generation_Orbit_X-60
Partially reusable super-heavy-lift launch vehicle by SpaceX
can carry cargo into Earth orbit and beyond. It is designed, manufactured and launched by American aerospace company SpaceX. The rocket consists of a center
Falcon_Heavy
Partially-reusable heavy-lift launch vehicle by Blue Origin
thrust to reach our target orbit. NG-4 preparations continue—updates coming soon" (Tweet). Retrieved May 28, 2026 – via X (formerly Twitter). Berger,
New_Glenn
Satellite bus made by Rocket Lab
startup aces pharma experiment in orbit". Ars Technica. Retrieved 8 September 2023. "update on Varda's W-1 Mission". X.com. 14 February 2024. Retrieved
Rocket_Lab_Photon
Upcoming Mars mission
Network (MTN), formerly known as the Mars Telecommunications Orbiter (MTO), is a planned Mars orbiter mission intended to provide better communication for Mars
Mars Telecommunications Orbiter
Mars_Telecommunications_Orbiter
Third version of the SpaceX medium-lift launch vehicle
partially reusable, two-stage-to-orbit, medium-lift launch vehicle designed and manufactured in the United States by SpaceX. It is the third major version
Falcon_9_Full_Thrust
mission success!". X (Formerly Twitter). Retrieved November 5, 2024. "It's been another year of mass-to-orbit domination by @SpaceX. Their Falcon family
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches (2024)
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches_(2024)
Proposed reusable Russian rocket design
Союз-7) or Amur (Russian: Аму́р) is a partially-reusable, methane–fueled, orbital launch vehicle currently in the design concept stage of development by
Soyuz-7
Soviet orbital vehicle design
Soyuz" cancelled on financial grounds. McDonnell Douglas DC-X – Prototype single-stage-to-orbit rocket developed & flown between 1991-1996 Reusable Vehicle
Zarya_(space_capsule)
2015 Swiss spaceplane concept based on the Hermes design
SOAR (Sub-Orbital Re-Usable Aircraft) was a planned partially reusable air-launched spaceplane launch system concept which would launch small satellites
SOAR_(spaceplane)
2018. Retrieved 26 June 2019. Berger, Eric (26 June 2019). "Europe says SpaceX "dominating" launch, vows to develop Falcon 9-like rocket". Ars Technica.
RETALT
1, 2025). "First Space Force orbit data for Fram-2 out, showing it in a 202 x 413 km x 90.01 deg orbit" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter). Berger, Eric
List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches
List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches
First reused space capsule
be reused for a space launch mission McDonnell Douglas DC-X – Prototype single-stage-to-orbit rocket developed & flown between 1991-1996 New Shepard –
Gemini_SC-2
NASA orbiter mission to the Moon (1966)
The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 robotic spacecraft mission, part of NASA's Lunar Orbiter program, was the first American spacecraft to orbit the Moon. It was
Lunar_Orbiter_1
French crewed spaceplane concept (1975–1992)
European Space Agency (ESA). It was superficially similar to the American Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar and the larger Space Shuttle. In January 1985, CNES proposed
Hermes_(spacecraft)
Curved path of an object around a point
(2010). Theory of Orbit Determination. Cambridge University Press. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-521-87389-5. Standish, E. M.; Newhall, X. X. (1996). New accuracy
Orbit
Former British national radio station (1945–1967)
(1948–1967) Much Binding in the Marsh Music While You Work The Navy Lark Orbiter X Pick of the Pops (1955–1967) Parade of the Pops (1960–1967) Paul Temple
BBC_Light_Programme
Chinese space launch company
reached low Earth orbit on its maiden flight, becoming the first private company from China to achieve orbit. The company's next three orbital launch attempts
I-Space_(Chinese_company)
Hypersonic research plane
The Orbital Sciences X-34 was intended to be a low-cost testbed for demonstrating "key technologies" that could be integrated into the Reusable Launch
Orbital_Sciences_X-34
Upcoming class of spaceplanes by Virgin Galactic
purpose originally proposed for SpaceShipThree in 2005 was for commercial orbital spaceflight, as part of a program called "Tier 2" by Burt Rutan founder
SpaceShip_III
Series of five uncrewed lunar orbiter missions
The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of five uncrewed Moon-orbiting missions launched by the United States in 1966 and 1967. Intended to help select
Lunar_Orbiter_program
2003 American spaceflight accident
Columbia was the first space-rated orbiter constructed, following the atmospheric test vehicle Enterprise. The orbiter contained the crew compartment, where
Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster
1967 flight operated by the US Air Force and NASA
X-15 Flight 188 was a record-setting test flight of the North American X-15 rocket plane on October 3, 1967. USAF test pilot William J. Knight piloted
X-15_Flight_188
Rocket developed by Blue Origin
New Shepard is a fully reusable sub-orbital launch vehicle developed for space tourism by Blue Origin. The vehicle is named after Alan Shepard, for being
New_Shepard
Concept for a crewed single-stage reusable spaceplane
specification is for a payload weighing up to 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) to low Earth orbit and to withstand up to 100 launches and reentries. If built, Avatar would
Avatar_(spacecraft)
Rocket type
Accountability Office (GAO) sided with SpaceX and NASA suspended the contract in favor of a new process, the Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program
Kistler_K-1
SpaceX rocket design
privately funded very large 12-meter (39 ft)-diameter orbital launch vehicle planned to be developed by SpaceX. Design work was discontinued in 2017 when development
ITS_launch_vehicle
NASA Space Shuttle design candidate
down and the orbiter dove to pick up airspeed over the wings and transition to level flight. Expected re-entry heating rates on the orbiter were 1650 deg
North_American_DC-3
Proposed European VTOL lifting body spacecraft
capable of crewed operations, carrying up to five astronauts to low Earth orbit (LEO), or alternatively functioning as an automated freighter capable of
Smart Upper Stage for Innovative Exploration
Smart_Upper_Stage_for_Innovative_Exploration
Partially reusable orbital launch vehicle by Galactic Energy
landing (much like the SpaceX Falcon 9). Pallas-1 is planned to be capable of placing a 5-tonne payload into low Earth orbit (LEO), or a 3-tonne payload
Pallas-1
American rocketry company
helicopter-rocket hybrid concept in the late 1990s as a fully reusable single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO) crewed spacecraft. The design was initially conceived by Bevin McKinney
Rotary_Rocket
Proposed partly reusable crewed spacecraft concept by RSC Energia
capabilities for more advanced missions onto Kliper at a later date. Each orbiter was intended to make 25 flights prior to retirement. In late 2005 Kliper's
Kliper
Robotic spacecraft sent to Mars
returning data to Earth: a relay link up to the orbiter and back, and by using a direct link to Earth. The orbiter could transmit to Earth (S-band) at 2,000
Viking_1
Transformations induced by a mathematical group
orbit. A G {\displaystyle G} -invariant element of X {\displaystyle X} is x ∈ X {\displaystyle x\in X} such that g ⋅ x = x {\displaystyle g\cdot x=x}
Group_action
Proposed reusable first stage for Ariane 6, abandoned by 2018
Adeline, Airbus' Answer To SpaceX Reusability". Space News. Retrieved 2015-06-05. Peter B. de Selding (25 April 2016). "SpaceX's reusable Falcon 9: What are
Adeline_(rocket_stage)
Falcon 9 first stage booster
geosynchronous transfer orbit First orbital-class booster to fly and land three times The first Falcon 9 to have launched from all three of SpaceX's active launch
Falcon_9_B1046
NASA orbiter mission to the Moon (1966–1967)
The 1966 Lunar Orbiter 2 robotic spacecraft mission, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program, was designed primarily to photograph smooth areas of the lunar
Lunar_Orbiter_2
Launch vehicle study
nearly 70 tonnes (150,000 lb) to the orbit. A two-stage-to-orbit system operating a dedicated reusable orbiter. German Aerospace Center studied Liquid
Liquid_fly-back_booster
NASA orbiter mission to Venus (1978–1992)
around Venus. The Pioneer Venus Orbiter carried 17 experiments with a total mass of 45 kilograms (99 lb): The Orbiter Cloud Photopolarimeter was used
Pioneer_Venus_Orbiter
Spacecraft capable of aerodynamic flight in atmosphere
Soviet shuttle designs. Although the Buran orbiter was similar in appearance to NASA's Space Shuttle orbiter, and could similarly operate as a re-entry
Spaceplane
Uncrewed cargo launcher proposal by NASA
would be combined with a cargo module to take the place of the Shuttle orbiter and include the main engines. Various Shuttle-C concepts were investigated
Shuttle-C
mission such as Chandrayaan-4, Lunar Polar Exploration Mission, Venus Orbiter Mission and Mars Lander Mission. There are also various Indian satellite
List_of_ISRO_missions
2021 private crewed spaceflight
(850 mi), the highest Earth orbit ever reached on a crewed flight until Polaris Dawn in 2024, which was also operated by SpaceX on behalf of Isaacman. The
Inspiration4
European orbital recoverable rocket of the company PLD Space
Miura 5 is a two-stage European orbital recoverable launch vehicle currently under development by the Spanish company PLD Space. In a standard two-stage
Miura_5
2026 American crewed spaceflight to the ISS
SpaceX Crew-13 is the thirteenth operational NASA Commercial Crew Program flight and the 21st crewed orbital flight of a Crew Dragon spacecraft. The mission
SpaceX_Crew-13
Planned ESA uncrewed spaceplane
concept is similar to the NASA X-38 landing system. The baseline landing site is the Guiana Space Centre. For orbits with inclination >37°, landings
Space_Rider
NASA orbiter mission to the Moon (1967–1968)
Lunar Orbiter 5, the last of the "Lunar Orbiter series", was designed to take additional Apollo and Surveyor landing site photography and to take broad
Lunar_Orbiter_5
SpaceX satellite series for government customers
Starshield is a division of SpaceX's Starlink subsidiary creating purpose-built low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites designed to provide new military space
SpaceX_Starshield
Microwave radio frequency band from 8–12 GHz
employed X band communications include the Viking Mars landers; the Voyager missions to Jupiter, Saturn, and beyond; the Galileo Jupiter orbiter; the New
X_band
Hangars formerly used for Space Shuttle maintenance at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) is a class of hangars where U.S. Space Shuttle orbiters underwent maintenance between flights. They are located west
Orbiter_Processing_Facility
List of space missions by NASA
completed Lunar Orbiter program Lunar Orbiter 1, launched August 1966, completed Lunar Orbiter 2, launched November 1966, completed Lunar Orbiter 3, launched
List_of_NASA_missions
United States lunar probe
Lunar Orbiter 4 was a robotic U.S. spacecraft, part of the Lunar Orbiter Program, designed to orbit the Moon, after the three previous orbiters had completed
Lunar_Orbiter_4
American social networking service
X, formerly known as Twitter, is an American microblogging and social networking service owned by SpaceX's artificial intelligence subsidiary SpaceXAI
X_(social_network)
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