Spacecraft

Seen from a spacecraft, the earth looks blue.

Against all expectations, the Apollo spacecraft made it safely back to Earth.

This spacecraft is powered by ion thrusters.

A Soviet spacecraft reached Venus' atmosphere in 1967, but lost communication with our planet just when it came close.

The Russian Soyuz spacecraft has docked at the International Space Station.

I’m planning to fly to Mars this weekend if I manage to get spacecraft tickets.

The cargo spacecraft exploded a few seconds after launch.

Sam, a rhesus monkey, was one of the most well known monkeys of the space program. His name was an acronym for the U.S. Air Force School of Aviation Medicine at Brooks Air Force Base, Texas. He was launched on December 4, 1959, housed in a cylindrical capsule within the Mercury spacecraft atop a Little Joe rocket in order to test the launch escape system (LES). Approximately one minute into the flight, travelling at a speed of 3685 mph, the Mercury capsule aborted from the Little Joe launch vehicle. After attaining an altitude of 51 miles, the spacecraft landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean. Sam was recovered, several hours later, with no ill effects from his journey.

In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to pilot a spacecraft when he was launched aboard Vostok 1 by the Soviet Union.

Alan Shepard was the first American to pilot a spacecraft.