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Lithobraking logo #10101) Spacecraft propulsion
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Lithobraking

Lithobraking logo #21000 Lithobraking is a landing technique used by unmanned space vehicles to safely reach the surface of a celestial body while reducing landing speed by impact with the body`s surface. The word was probably coined as a whimsical adaptation of aerobraking, which is the process of slowing a space vehicle by the use of friction against a planet`s atmosp.....
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