Spacecraft No. 11 sank and was recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean after 38 years.

Under Webb's reorganization, the directors of the Manned Spacecraft Center ( Gilruth ), Marshall Space Flight Center ( von Braun ), and the Launch Operations Center ( Debus ) effectively reported to Mueller.

During the press conference, the astronauts answered questions pertaining to several technical and non-technical aspects of the mission prepared and listed by priority at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston by journalists covering the flight.

The Skylab project, managed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Marshall Space Flight Center, was seen by the Manned Spacecraft Center ( later Johnson Space Center ) as an invasion of its historical role as the NASA center for manned spaceflight.

Rice acted as a temporary intermediary in the transfer of land between Humble Oil and Refining Company and NASA, for the creation of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center ( now called Johnson Space Center ) in 1962.

Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites.

As part of their general work, in August 1964 the Manned Spacecraft Center ( MSC ) presented studies on an expendable lab known as Apollo " X ", short for Apollo Extension System.

Spacecraft typically operate in environments where runways or even a suitably flat surface for skids is nonexistent.

* February 2 – The word Aerospace is coined, from the words Aircraft ( aero ) and Spacecraft ( space ), taking into consideration that the Earth's atmosphere and outerspace is to be one, or a single realm.

A resistojet is a method of Spacecraft propulsion ( Electric propulsion ) that provides thrust by heating a ( typically non-reactive ) fluid.

* Spacecraft propulsion — Other methods of spacecraft propulsion used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites.

Spacecraft are used for a variety of purposes, including communications, earth observation, meteorology, navigation, planetary exploration and transportation of humans and cargo.

Spacecraft used for human spaceflight carry people on board as crew or passengers from start or on orbit ( space stations ) only, while those used for robotic space missions operate either autonomously or telerobotically.

Spacecraft and space travel are common themes in works of science fiction.

Other American manned spacecraft include the Gemini Spacecraft, Apollo Spacecraft, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle with undetached European Spacelab and private US Spacehab space stations-modules.

Spacecraft subsystems comprise the spacecraft " bus " and may include: attitude determination and control ( variously called ADAC, ADC or ACS ), guidance, navigation and control ( GNC or GN & C ), communications ( Comms ), command and data handling ( CDH or C & DH ), power ( EPS ), thermal control ( TCS ), propulsion, and structures.

; Life support: Spacecraft intended for human spaceflight must also include a life support system for the crew.

; Attitude control: A Spacecraft needs an attitude control subsystem to be correctly oriented in space and respond to external torques and forces properly.

; Power: Spacecraft need an electrical power generation and distribution subsystem for powering the various spacecraft subsystems.

Spacecraft designed to operate in more distant locations, for example Jupiter, might employ a Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator ( RTG ) to generate electrical power.

Spacecraft observations showed that the gases ejected from the nucleus were 80 % water vapor, 17 % carbon monoxide and 3 – 4 % carbon dioxide, with traces of hydrocarbons although more recent sources give a value of 10 % for carbon monoxide and also include traces of methane and ammonia.

All US manned flights after Gemini 3 were controlled from the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, renamed for Johnson in 1973.

* NSSDC Master Catalog: Spacecraft Pioneer 3

* Gemini 3 at A Field Guide To American Spacecraft

A Titan II GLV | Titan II launch vehicle lifts Gemini 4 into orbit, June 3, 1965. Launched from LC-19 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station, Florida, Gemini 4 was the first flight to be controlled by the new Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, which had to conduct three-shift operations due to the flight's long duration.

William Wollenhaupt and Emil Schiesser of the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston then worked out the " fix " that was first applied to Apollo 12 and permitted its landing within 163 meters of the target, the previously-landed Surveyor 3 spacecraft.

Spacecraft power was provided by a total of 14, 742 solar cells which made up the 4 solar panels with a total area of 7. 7 square meters area.

* NSSDC Master Catalog: Spacecraft Pioneer 4

* Donald Kessler ( Kessler 1981 ), " Sources of Orbital Debris and the Projected Environment for Future Spacecraft ", Journal of Spacecraft, Volume 16 Number 4 ( July – August 1981 ), pp. 357 – 360.

On July 4, 1962, NASA opened the Manned Spacecraft Center in southeast Houston in the Clear Lake area, now the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.

* 4, 747, 567 Spacecraft with articulated solar array

* 4, 728, 061 Spacecraft operable in two alternative flight modes

The Lunar Science Institute was formally dedicated on January 4, 1970 at the former West Mansion on NASA Road 1 near the Manned Spacecraft Center.

Spacecraft experiments and other equipment were mounted on the base and tower.

The Apollo Spacecraft and its components were developed by other NASA centers, but were flight-tested on Saturn I and IB vehicles from MSFC.

Spacecraft operations were discontinued a few weeks after the Halley encounters.

It was also the final manned flight controlled from Cape Canaveral, Florida before mission control functions were shifted to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas.

In 1959, North American built the first of several Little Joe boosters which were used to test the escape system for the Mercury Spacecraft.

Dr. Charles Berry stated to Chris Kraft, deputy director of the Manned Spacecraft Center ( MSC ) at the time: " It's serious, f he were on Earth.

A revised series of books were planned by Morrigan Press, but only one, ' Spacecraft 2100 ­ To 2200 AD ', appeared.

In addition, the books Spacecraft 2000-2100 AD and Great Space Battles were collected together and published as Spacebase 2000 ( 1984, UK / US ).

Spacecraft passing behind the Moon were out of direct radio communication with the Earth, and had to wait until the orbit allowed transmission.

Spacecraft monitoring and control were secondary.

Construction costs were paid for by an annual series of successful UFO conventions, the Giant Rock Spacecraft Conventions, which continued for nearly 25 years.