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Spacecraft

Selected articles covering from how a mission is chosen, designed, built and tested, through to getting into space and what happens when the mission is over.

How a mission is chosen
Designing and building spacecraft
Testing spacecraft
Launching spacecraft
- What is a 'launch window'?
- Getting ready for launch
Getting to the destination
Operating in space