aerobraking
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Starship has not yet demonstrated aerobraking capabilities for missions like this, and the mission itself has not secured funding approval.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
According to the study's calculations, combining in-space refueling with this aerobraking approach could reduce travel time to Uranus to about six and a half years.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Its heat-resistant design, originally intended for reentry on Earth and Mars, could be used to handle the intense heating from aerobraking in Uranus' atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Each segment carried on down, aerobraking with increasing severity as the atmosphere thickened around them.
From The Verge • Feb. 7, 2018
After several aerobraking maneuvers to slow down, it made its final descent toward Acidalia Planitia.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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