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Launch & Re-entry - Subsections

Introduction
Whether a spaceship travels to low-earth orbit, to the Moon, or to the outer reaches of the solar system, it has to first escape the Earth's atmosphere. A spaceship also has to come down through the same atmosphere without burning up like a meteor. There is a lot of time and work put into a spacecraft before it goes into orbit and after it comes back to Earth.



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Astronaut Training The space environment is naturally unsafe and perilous for humans. An emergency could occur at any time...
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Spacecraft Assembly A spacecraft such as the Space Shuttle is one of the most complicated pieces of machinery ever built...
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Launch It takes an immense amount of energy to take an object into space...
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Re-entry and Landing A spacecraft must re-enter Earth's atmosphere from a very high orbital speed and not burn up like a meteor...
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Quiz Think you got what it takes to ace our quiz?
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Sources & Further Study This section contains links to sources and further study.
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