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Re-Entry Escape System - Spacecraft - Manned - Bailout - USA
Re-Entry Glider-Six Crew - Spacecraft - Manned - Bailout - USA
REA 10 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 0 kgf
REA 16 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 2 kgf
REA 17-12 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 0 kgf
REA 17-6 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 0 kgf
REA 20-4 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 56 kgf
REA 22-16 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 13 kgf
REA 22-17 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 18 kgf
REA 22-2 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 9 kgf
REA 22-5 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 5 kgf
REA 39-2 - Rocket Engine - USA - Hydrazine propellants - 0 kgf
Readdy - William Francis (Bill) Readdy - American Astronaut - 1987 NASA Group
Rebrov - Mikhail Fedorovich Rebrov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1965 Journalist Group
Recommended - Article: Books that should be on your bookshelf...
Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor - Rocket Stage - USA - Solid - 590,000 kg - See Shuttle RSRM
Redesigned SRM - Rocket Engine - USA - Solid propellants - 1,174,736 kgf
Redstone Mercury - Launch Vehicle - USA
Redstone Mercury - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/Alcohol - 28,440 kg
Redstone - Launch Vehicle Family
Redstone - Launch Vehicle - USA
Redstone - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/Alcohol - 28,440 kg
Reeder - J Reeder - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (USAF)
Reentry Test - Spacecraft - Technology - RV - China
Reentry - Spacecraft - Technology - RV - USA
References - Article: Alphabetical list of works referred to throughout the site.
Reightler - Kenneth Stanley (Ken) Reightler Jr - American Astronaut - 1987 NASA Group
Reilly - Dr James Francis Reilly II - American Astronaut - 1995 NASA Group
Reisman - Garrett Erin Reisman - American Astronaut - 1998 NASA Group
Reiter - Thomas Arthur Reiter - German Cosmonaut - 1993 Commercial Group
Relay Mirror Experiment - Spacecraft - Military- SDI - United States - See RME
Relay - Spacecraft - Technology - Communications - USA
Remek - Vladimir Remek - Czechoslovakian Cosmonaut - 1976 Intercosmos Group
Remova - Spacecraft - Manned - Logistics - USSR
Republic Moon Suit - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - USA
Republic Project 7969 - Spacecraft - Manned - Spacecraft - USA
RESA-2 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 22 kgf
RESA-5 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 725 kgf
Rescue Ball - Spacecraft - Manned - Bailout - USA
Rescue Gemini - Spacecraft - Manned - Rescue - USA
Resnik - Dr Judith Arlene Resnik - American Astronaut - 1978 NASA Group
Resupply Module - Spacecraft - Manned- Logistics - USA - See Apollo RM
Resurs F1-14F40 - Spacecraft - Earth - Landsat - USSR
Resurs F1-14F43 - Spacecraft - Earth - Landsat - USSR
Resurs F1-17F41 - Spacecraft - Earth - Landsat - USSR
Resurs F1M - Spacecraft - Earth - Landsat - USSR
Resurs F2 - Spacecraft - Earth - Landsat - USSR
Resurs T / Zenit-2M/NH - Spacecraft - Earth - Landsat - USSR
Resurs-O1 - Spacecraft - Earth - Landsat - USSR
Resurs-OE - Spacecraft - Earth - Landsat - Russia
Resurs - Space Project - Surveillance - Military
Retro and Correction Stage - Rocket Stage - Russia - Lox/Kerosene - 17,000 kg - See Energia RCS
Reusable One stage Orbital Space Truck - Launch Vehicle - USA - See ROOST ISI
Reusable Orbital Module-Booster & Utility Shuttle - Launch Vehicle - USA - See Rombus
Reusable Transport Spacecraft - Vertical Landing - Spacecraft - Manned- Spaceplane - Russia - See MTKVA
Revin - Sergey Nikolayevich Revin - Russian Cosmonaut - 1996 Civilian Engineer Group
REX - Spacecraft - Earth - Ionosphere - United States
RFD - Spacecraft - Technology - - USA
Rhyolite - Spacecraft - ELINT - - USA
Rib Stiffened Expandable Escape System - Spacecraft - Manned - Bailout - USA
Richards Paul - Paul Willam Richards - American Astronaut - 1996 NASA Group
Richards - Richard Noel (Dick) Richards - American Astronaut - 1980 NASA Group
Ride - Dr Sally Kristen Ride - American Astronaut - 1978 NASA Group
Ridley - Jack Ridley - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (USAF)
Rif-MA - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Rigidsphere - Spacecraft - Calibration - - USA
Rij - Jerry Jerome Rij - American Astronaut - 1979 DoD Group 1
Riksha - Launch Vehicle - Russia
RISP - Spacecraft - Planetary - Lunar - USA
RITA C - Launch Vehicle - USA
RITA C - Rocket Stage - USA - Nuclear/Lox/LH2 - 4,399,000 kg
RJ47 - Rocket Engine - USA - Air/Kerosene propellants - 4,551 kgf
RKDS-100 - Rocket Engine - USSR - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 100,000 kgf
RL-10A-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 6,804 kgf
RL-10A-3A - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 7,485 kgf
RL-10A-3 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 6,690 kgf
RL-10A-4-1 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 10,110 kgf
RL-10A-4-2 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 10,110 kgf
RL-10A-4 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 9,433 kgf
RL-10A-5 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 6,600 kgf
RL-10B-2 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 11,222 kgf
RL-10B-X - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 9,524 kgf
RL-10C-X - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 11,300 kgf
RL-10C - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 15,873 kgf
RL-10 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 6,804 kgf
RL-50 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 29,500 kgf
RLA-1200 - Rocket Engine - USSR - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 1,300,000 kgf
RLA-120 - Launch Vehicle - USSR
RLA-135 - Launch Vehicle - USSR
RLA-150 - Launch Vehicle - USSR
RLA-1 - Rocket Stage - USSR - Lox/Kerosene - 800,000 kg
RLA-2 - Rocket Stage - USSR - Lox/Kerosene - 150,000 kg
RLA-600 - Rocket Engine - USSR - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 650,000 kgf
RM-01 - Rocket Engine - - Tridyne propellants - 0 kgf - See RM-01
RM-05 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 2 kgf - See RM-05
RM-1-1 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 0 kgf - See RM-1-1
RM-1-2 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 0 kgf
RM-100A - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 45 kgf
RM-100B - Rocket Engine - - Nitric acid/UDMH propellants - 45 kgf - See RM-100B
RM-100T - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/Aerozine-50 propellants - 45 kgf
RM-10 - Launch Vehicle - USA
RM-1500H - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - 680 kgf - See RM-1500H
RM-1600 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 725 kgf - See RESA-5
RM-25-1 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 11 kgf
RM-25 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 11 kgf
RM-50 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 22 kgf - See RESA-2
RM-900 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 408 kgf - See RM-900
RM - Spacecraft - Earth - Micrometeoroid - USA
RME - Spacecraft - Military - SDI - United States
RN-6 - Rocket Engine - - Nuclear/LH2 propellants - kgf - See RN-6
RO-1 - Rocket Engine - Russia - propellants - kgf - See S2.1200
RO-200 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Lox/LH2 propellants - 200,000 kgf - See RD-0120
RO-31 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nuclear/LH2/Methane propellants - 40,000 kgf
RO-5, RD-428 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 5,000 kgf - See RD-0105
RO-97A - Rocket Engine - Russia - Lox/LH2 propellants - 10,000 kgf - See RD-0126A
RO-97 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Lox/LH2 propellants - 3,997 kgf - See RD-0126
RO1-154 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Nitric acid/Amine propellants - 5,996 kgf - See RD-0200
Roberts - Katherine Eileen Sparks Roberts - American Astronaut - 1982 DoD Group 2
Robinson - Dr Stephen Kern Robinson - American Astronaut - 1995 NASA Group
Robot Planetary Explorers - Article: The conquest of the solar system - by robots that serve as extensions of our senses in hostile environments....
Robotic Satellite Servicer - Spacecraft - - - USA
Rockair - Launch Vehicle - USA
Rocket belt - Launch Vehicle - USA
Rockoon - Launch Vehicle - USA
Rockwell SHS - Spacecraft - Manned - Bailout - USA
ROCSAT - Spacecraft - Earth - Seasat - Taiwan
Rogers - Russell Lee Rogers - American Astronaut - 1962 USAF Dynasoar Group
Rohini 1A - Spacecraft - Technology - - India
Rohini 2 - Spacecraft - Technology - - India
Rohini - Spacecraft - Earth - Landsat - India
Rokot-3 Briz - Rocket Stage - Russia - N2O4/UDMH - 6,565 kg
Rokot - Launch Vehicle - Russia
Roksonde - Launch Vehicle - USA
Roman - James Alexander Roman - Astronaut candidate - 1963 NASA Group (Candidate)
Romanenko Roman - Roman Yuriyevich Romanenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1997 Air Force Group
Romanenko - Yuri Viktorovich Romanenko - Russian Cosmonaut - 1970 Air Force Group
Romanov - Valeri Aleksandrovich Romanov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1973 Civilian Engineer Group
Romb - Spacecraft - Military - Target - USSR
Rombus Tank - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 110,544 kg
Rombus - Launch Vehicle - USA
Rombus - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 5,102,041 kg
Rominger - Kent Vernon Rominger - American Astronaut - 1992 NASA Group
Ronn - Alan E Ronn - Astronaut candidate - 1979 DoD Group 1 (Candidate)
Ronney - Paul David Ronney - American Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Roosa - Stuart Allen (Stu) Roosa - American Astronaut - 1966 NASA Group
ROOST ISI - Launch Vehicle - USA
ROOST ISI - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 6,218,000 kg
ROOST - Launch Vehicle - USA
ROOST - Rocket Stage - USA - Lox/LH2 - 10,898,000 kg
RORSAT - Space Project - Surveillance - Naval Radarsat
ROS-17K - Spacecraft - Earth- Radarsat - Russia - See Multipurpose Satellite Gals
ROSAT - Spacecraft - Astronomy - X-ray - Germany
Ross - Jerry Lynn Ross - American Astronaut - 1980 NASA Group
Rossitto - Franco Rossitto - Italian Astronaut - Payload Specialist
Roton - Launch Vehicle - USA
Rotor - Spacecraft - Surveillance- Military - USSR - See Zenit-4M
Rozhdestvensky - Valeri Illyich Rozhdestvensky - Russian Cosmonaut - 1965 Air Force Group
RP-318 - Spacecraft - Manned - Rocketplane - USSR
RP - Spacecraft - Military - ASAT - USSR
RPD-04 - Rocket Engine - Russia - Lox/Kerosene propellants - kgf
RS-1402 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 10 kgf
RS-1403 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 8 kgf
RS-14 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 142 kgf
RS-17 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - 8,161 kgf - See AMPS-1
RS-18 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/Aerozine-50 propellants - 1,587 kgf
RS-18 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See UR-100N
RS-19 - Rocket Engine - - ClF3/MHF-3 propellants - kgf - See RS-19
RS-20, Ikar - Launch Vehicle - Ukraine - See Dnepr
RS-20K - Launch Vehicle - Ukraine
RS-2100 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - kgf
RS-2101A - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 136 kgf
RS-2101C - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 136 kgf
RS-21 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 136 kgf - See RS-2101C
RS-2200 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 224,540 kgf - See RS-2200
RS-22 - Rocket Engine - - ClF5/MHF-5 propellants - 4,987 kgf - See FLEXEM
RS-23 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 2,720 kgf
RS-24 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 232,301 kgf - See SSME
RS-27A - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 107,500 kgf - See RS-27A
RS-27C - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 107,498 kgf
RS-27 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 104,319 kgf - See RS-27
RS-28 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 272 kgf
RS-30 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - 9,068 kgf - See ASE
RS-32 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 142 kgf - See RS-32
RS-34 Attitude Control - Rocket Engine - - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 31 kgf
RS-34 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 31 kgf - See RS-34 Attitude Control
RS-36 Sustainer - Rocket Engine - - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 940 kgf
RS-36 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 5,670 kgf - See RS-36
RS-41 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 1,220 kgf
RS-42 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 45 kgf - See RS-42
RS-43 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 2 kgf - See RS-43
RS-44 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - 6,801 kgf - See AEC
RS-45 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 0 kgf - See RS-45
RS-47 - Rocket Engine - USA - N2O4/MMH propellants - 1,700 kgf - See XLR-132
RS-51 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 1,178 kgf - See RS-51
RS-52 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - 11 kgf - See RS-52
RS-56-OBA - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 106,750 kgf
RS-56-OSA - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 39,400 kgf
RS-68 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 337,807 kgf
RS-69 - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/LH2 propellants - 121,600 kgf - See XRS-2200
RS-71 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - 3,174 kgf - See RS-71
RS-72 - Rocket Engine - - N2O4/MMH propellants - 5,650 kgf
RS-73 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - 27,200 kgf - See MB-60
RS-74 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/LH2 propellants - kgf - See RS-74
RS-76 - Rocket Engine - - Lox/Kerosene propellants - kgf - See RS-76
RS-77 - Rocket Engine - - Solar/LH2 propellants - 18 kgf
RS-82 - Rocket Engine - - H2O2/Kerosene propellants - 4,534 kgf - See RS-82
RS-X - Rocket Engine - USA - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 192,730 kgf
RSA-1 - Launch Vehicle - South Africa
RSA-2 - Launch Vehicle - South Africa
RSA-3-1 - Rocket Engine - South Africa - Solid propellants - 51,000 kgf
RSA-3-1 - Rocket Stage - South Africa - Solid - 10,215 kg
RSA-3-2 - Rocket Engine - South Africa - Solid propellants - 53,000 kgf
RSA-3-2 - Rocket Stage - South Africa - Solid - 10,971 kg
RSA-3-3 - Rocket Engine - South Africa - Solid propellants - 5,300 kgf
RSA-3-3 - Rocket Stage - South Africa - Solid - 2,048 kg
RSA-3 - Launch Vehicle - South Africa
RSA-4-1 - Rocket Engine - South Africa - Solid propellants - 155,000 kgf
RSA-4-1 - Rocket Stage - South Africa - Solid - 66,000 kg
RSA-4-2 - Rocket Engine - South Africa - Solid propellants - 69,000 kgf
RSA-4-2 - Rocket Stage - South Africa - Solid - 11,000 kg
RSA-4-3 - Rocket Stage - South Africa - Solid - 2,000 kg
RSA-4-4 - Rocket Stage - South Africa - Hydrazine - 300 kg
RSA-4 - Launch Vehicle - South Africa
RSA - Launch Vehicle Family
RS - Launch Vehicle - Russia
RSM-25 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Zyb
RSM-40 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Vysota
RSM-50 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Volna
RSM-52 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Rif-MA
RSM-54 - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Shtil-3A
RSS-52 - Spacecraft - Manned- Rocketplane - USSR - See M-42
RSS-52 - Launch Vehicle - Russia
RT-1 - Launch Vehicle -
RT-2 - Launch Vehicle -
RT-2PM - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Start-1
RU-013 - Rocket Engine - Russia - propellants - 3,200 kgf
Rukavishnikov - Nikolai Nikolayevich Rukavishnikov - Russian Cosmonaut - 1967 Civilian Engineer Group Supplemental
Runco - Mario Runco Jr - American Astronaut - 1987 NASA Group
Rupp - Alexander Kratz Rupp - Astronaut candidate - 1963 NASA Group (Candidate)
Rushworth - Robert Aitken Rushworth - American Test Pilot - Test Pilot (USAF)
Rus - Launch Vehicle - Russia - See Soyuz M
Russia's Space Program: Running On Empty - Part 1 - Article: James Oberg's grim account of the fate of the Russian space program
Russia's Space Program: Running On Empty - Part 2 - Article: Part 2 of James Oberg's grim account of the fate of the Russian space program
Russian lunar project - Article: What did the US know about Soviet lunar plans? This annotated version of the CIA's National Intelligence Estimate of March 1967 compares what the CIA expected to happen with what the Soviets expected at the same time...
Russian Ramjets - Launch Vehicle Family
Russian Spacecraft Locations - Article: Where you can see flown and unflown Russian manned spacecraft...
RWDT HTHL - Launch Vehicle - Germany
RX-Series - Spacecraft - Manned - Space Suits - USA
Ryumin - Valeri Viktorovich Ryumin - Russian Cosmonaut - 1973 Civilian Engineer Group
Ryusei - Spacecraft - Technology- RV - Japan - See OREX
RZ.2 - Rocket Engine - UK - Lox/Kerosene propellants - 85,282 kgf
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