NASA uses ground based telecommunications facilities to provide telemetry, command, and navigation services to a number of NASA, other United States, and international spacecraft such as the Space Shuttle other Earth orbiting spacecraft planetary orbiters and international spacecraft.

Flights by cosmonauts and astronauts on board manned Russian spacecraft

Manned space flight programme

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These spacecraft include the Space Shuttle and Earth orbiters planetary orbiters such as Galileo and Magellan and the Voyager and Pioneer spacecraft travelling to the outer reaches of our solar system.

(i) Spaceplane

Spacecraft and mission design

(b) The definition could be accepted if aerospace object was replaced with aerospace vehicle or aerospace craft , and the expression to remain in outer space for a certain period of time was replaced with to travel through airspace

D. Space shuttle

The flight programme of the four Russian cosmonauts and six American astronauts included joint scientific and technical research and experiments under the Mir Shuttle programme.

Marc Garneau, Canada apos s first astronaut in space, flew for a second Space Shuttle mission as a Mission Specialist aboard Endeavour, STS 77.

(g) The return to Earth of the American astronaut from the NASA 5 mission

(e) Flights for Canadian astronauts (opportunities on the United States space shuttle and preparation of related experiments)

Are aerospace objects while in airspace considered as aircraft, and while in outer space as spacecraft, with all the legal consequences that follow therefrom, or does either air law or space law prevail during the flight of an aerospace craft, depending on the destination of such a flight?

Yes, particularly in the case of an aerospace object which is capable of take off and flight as an aircraft, and during its flight in airspace can launch itself into outer space and then operate as a spacecraft.

Question 2 Does the regime applicable to the flight of aerospace objects differ according

space as spacecraft, with all the legal consequences that follow therefrom, or does either

space as spacecraft, with all the legal consequences that follow therefrom, or does either

Upcoming Shuttle missions will involve Canadian astronauts Julie Payette and Steve MacLean as Mission Specialists and Bjarni Tryggvason and Dave Williams as Payload Specialists.

No precedents are believed to exist with respect to the passage of aerospace objects after re entry into the Earth apos s atmosphere in so far as the Space Shuttle might not be regarded as an aerospace object , since it is not strictly capable of motion through airspace.

Research on basic technologies for spaceplanes, with the focus on aerodynamics, advanced composite structures, flight control, propulsion systems, manned space flight and orbiter manoeuvreing engines

Preparations are also under way for the second flight of the Aquatic Research Facility on the NASA shuttle in 1998.

Spacecraft engaged in investigation of spaceflight techniques and technology

Space Shuttle Orbiter

Similar experiments had been made on several space shuttle missions.

To complete the group, M. Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut in space, was selected for a second space shuttle mission.

The Russian Federation and the United States of America had continued to invite astronauts and cosmonauts from other countries on board their quot Mir quot space station and space shuttles.

In general, we agree with the suggested definition of an aerospace object, in so far as the aerospace object is performing a space mission.

On 6 February 1995, the cosmonauts assisted in completing the main phase of the flight programme of the American craft Discovery, during which it was brought closer to the Mir orbital station.

E. The Energetic Particle Monitor on NASA apos s Relativity Mission

We consider that there should be no distinctions made in the regime applicable to the flight of aerospace objects where the mission performed is a space mission.

(a) Research on basic technologies for spaceplanes, with the focus on aerodynamics, advanced composite structures, flight control, propulsion systems, manned space flight and orbiter manoeuvring engines

therefrom, or does either air law or space law prevail during the flight of an

The Aerospace Breeding Research Centre of CASC had flown and recovered various seeds on its recoverable spacecraft.

They will be mounted on the top of the JFD experiment apparatus in the Shuttle payload bay and will be exposed to the Shuttle flight direction for 40 hours.

(b) Delivery to the station of an American astronaut for the purpose of carrying out the NASA 6 long duration mission

This is especially the case for aerospace objects that might be used for the transport of persons or cargo via orbital or suborbital flights.

law or space law prevail during the flight of an aerospace craft, depending on the destination

The four spacecraft mission Cluster is carried out jointly by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the United States National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA).

Question 7 Are there precedents with respect to the passage of aerospace objects

Question 2 Does the regime applicable to the flight of aerospace objects differ according

Although traversing the Earth's atmosphere by spacecraft is operational in nature, international air law (especially with regard to liability for any possible damage) should apply while the spacecraft aerospace object travels through the atmosphere.

In the case of passage through the territorial airspace of another State, international air law should be applied to the aerospace object.

There are indeed precedents relating to aerospace objects, such as space shuttles, in respect of their aerodynamic characteristics.

Question 2 Does the regime applicable to the flight of aerospace objects differ