1) Atmospheric entry 2) Spacecraft propulsion
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/aerobraking
Aerobraking is a spaceflight maneuver that reduces the high point of an elliptical orbit (apoapsis) by flying the vehicle through the atmosphere at the low point of the orbit (periapsis). The resulting drag slows the spacecraft. Aerobraking is used when a spacecraft requires a low orbit after arriving at a body with an atmosphere, and it requires ...
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobraking
The process of decelerating by converting velocity into heat through friction with a planetary atmosphere.
Found on
http://www.braeunig.us/space/glossary.htm
(from the article `Mars Global Surveyor`) After a 10-month journey, Mars Global Surveyor took up a highly elliptical orbit above Mars on September 12, 1997. It employed a technique known as ... ...gravity to capture it. Until 1997 such maneuvers were implemented by using the spacecraft`s onboard propulsion system to impart the necessary...
Found on
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/23
The action of atmospheric drag in slowing down an object that is approaching a planet or some other body with an atmosphere. Also known as atmospheric breaking, it can be deliberately used, where enough atmosphere exists, to alter the orbit of a spacecraft or decrease a vehicle's velocity prior to l...
Found on
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/aerobraking.html
No exact match found.
