retrorocket
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Q571875
a rocket engine providing thrust opposing the motion of a vehicle.
Type | Date | Description | Keywords | Notes | Source |
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link | Freebase entry@ | Wikidata | |||
image | 2011 | 9M714 retropropulsion | Wikimedia | ||
image | 2011 | 593496main pia14840 full Curiosity Touching Down, Artist's Concept | Wikimedia | ||
image | 2021 | Central House of Aviation and Cosmonautics Wikimeetup 16 | Wikimedia | ||
image | 2021 | Central House of Aviation and Cosmonautics Wikimeetup 18 | Wikimedia | ||
image | Spirit Rover? | Wikimedia | |||
image | 1967 | Surveyor-main-retrocket-motor | Wikimedia | ||
video | 1960 | The retrorockets, which would be fired to return the Mercury Capsule to earth's atmosphere, were tested inside the Altitude Wind Tunnel in April 1960. A retrograde thrust stand was erected in the C corner in the wide end of the Altitude Wind Tunnel. | Wikimedia |
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