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Questions tagged [landing]

Questions regarding the specific part of flights, during which a spacecraft touches down on the solid ground of a celestial body.

Landing refers the process of safely touching down a spacecraft on a surface. This includes all parts of the process including entry, descent, and landing.

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What's the technology behind the floating landing pads?

We often see ships destroyed by storms and waves as tall as dozens of meters, so how does SpaceX keep these floating landing pads stable so it remains level during the landing? What if stormy weather hits after the launch? I mean, if we are gonna…
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How can one ensure safety of the crew capsule if the rocket blows up at max dynamic pressure?

In general, say the rocket like the Soyuz blows up any time during flight (not on the ground). Is there some way to ensure that the crew capsule can be returned safely back. If it is high enough but yet suborbital, one could probably hope for using…
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How to calculate the final velocity of an object falling to Earth with variable acceleration?

Here's a hypothetical situation. There's an object, at rest, 500 km above the surface of Earth, with some force preventing it from accelerating downwards. The force is removed and the object immediately accelerates at 8.44 m/s^2 downwards. By the…
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