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Keywords: astronaut, Mercury, spacecraft, rocket, Redstone, project Mercury
![Запуск ракеты "Дельта"](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2002/08/23/0001179142/delta_nasa_big.preview.gif)
13.12.1995
A Delta rocket is seen being launched in 1988. In use since 1960, Delta rockets have been launched successfully over 200 times. Scientific satellites placed into orbit by a Delta rocket include IUE, COBE, LAGEOS-I, ROSAT, EUVE, GEOTAIL, and WIND.
![Полный газ Deep Space 1](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/03/15/0001166718/ds1_jpl_big.preview.jpg)
31.08.2000
At full throttle the Deep Space 1 spacecraft's innovative ion drive produces about 1/50th of a pound of thrust ... a force so great that it would just about hold up a piece of paper on planet Earth! Still, powered by solar arrays ion propulsion systems can run continuously.
![Солнечный парус](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2001/10/12/0001171157/solarsail_msfc_m.preview.jpg)
26.05.2000
Nearly 400 years ago astronomer Johannes Kepler observed comet tails blown by a solar breeze and suggested that vessels might likewise navigate through space using appropriately fashioned sails. It is now widely recognized that...
![Ракета с Союзом ТМА-2 на старте](https://images.astronet.ru/pubd/2003/04/28/0001189734/tma2_nasa.preview.jpg)
28.04.2003
It takes a big rocket to go into space. Last weekend, this huge Russian rocket was launched toward Earth-orbiting International Space Station (ISS), carrying two astronauts who will make up the new Expedition 7 crew.
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