The K-1 is the world s first fully reusable aerospace vehicle, designed to deliver payloads to orbit and provide a low-cost alternative to single-use launch vehicles.
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A "'spaceplane "'is an aerospace vehicle that operates as an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere, as well as a spacecraft when it is in glide return to landing.
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Composites, typically combinations of plastic resins and synthetic fibers, are used in aerospace vehicles as well as in high-tech bicycles and fishing rods and other sporting goods.
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The missile was renamed "'AIM-47 "'in late 1962 as part of the transition to common naming for aerospace vehicles across the U . S . Department of Defense in 1962.
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This led to the use of K�lm�n filters during the Apollo program, and furthermore, in the NASA Space Shuttle, in Navy submarines, and in unmanned aerospace vehicles and weapons, such as cruise missiles.
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A "'United States Department of Defense aerospace vehicle designation "'is determined by a detailed protocol which identifies all aircraft, helicopters, rockets, missiles, spacecraft, and other aerial vehicles in military use by the United States Armed Forces.
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It is an important factor in the structural and mission design of rockets, missiles, and other aerospace vehicles which travel through an atmosphere; the flight envelope may be limited to reduce the total structural load on a vehicle near max Q.
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As the main location for the 309 AMARG, Davis Monthan AFB is the sole aircraft boneyard for excess military and U . S . government aircraft and other aerospace vehicles ( e . g ., ballistic missiles, etc . ) ?!.
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On 31 July 1970, White assumed duties as Commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, where he was responsible for research and developmental flight testing of manned and unmanned aerospace vehicles, aircraft systems, deceleration devices and for the Air Force Test Pilot School.
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The Center for Intelligent Multifunctional Materials and Structures consists of some of the top researchers in Texas and the world, including a Nobel laureate and several members of the National Academies, in biotechnology, nanotechnology, biomaterials and aerospace engineering to develop the next generation of bio-nano materials and structures for aerospace vehicles.
