Sentences with phrase «shuttle after touchdown»
Drogue parachutes are also sometimes used to aid horizontal deceleration of a vehicle (a fixed - wing aircraft or space shuttle after touchdown, or a drag racer).
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With NASA's announcement that the 30 - year - old space shuttle program would end after the touchdown of Atlantis at the Kennedy Space Center this summer, the iconic agency has, for now, abandoned the concept of government - built manned spacecraft.