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  2. Drag-reducing aerospike - Wikipedia

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    UGM-96 Trident I first launch on 18 January 1977 at Cape Canaveral. The thin antenna-like structure mounted on the nose cone is the aerospike, which is composed of two parts. 1) The Extensible Boom is the long, slender, slightly tapered cylindrical structure; the wider "underside" is mounted to the nose cone.

  3. Richard Browning (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Browning set out in 2016 to experiment with the concept “using the human mind to balance and control the body in flight structure”, adding power in the form of micro gas turbines (jet engines).

  4. Trident (missile) - Wikipedia

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    The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV). Originally developed by Lockheed Missiles and Space Corporation , the missile is armed with thermonuclear warheads and is launched from nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs).

  5. Trident (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    Trident is a space mission concept to the outer planets proposed in 2019 to NASA's Discovery Program. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The concept includes flybys of Jupiter and Neptune with a focus on Neptune's largest moon Triton .

  6. Yves Rossy - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish Coast Guard retrieved the jetpack, which was equipped with a parachute and float. [9] [10] On 5 November 2010 Rossy flew a new version of his jet-powered flight system and successfully performed two aerial loops before landing via parachute. He had launched from a hot air balloon piloted by Brian Jones at 2,400 meters (7,900 feet). [11]

  7. Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue - Wikipedia

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    Astronaut Rick Mastracchio working with a SAFER system attached. SAFER. Simplified Aid For EVA Rescue (SAFER) is a small, self-contained, propulsive backpack system worn during spacewalks, to be used in case of emergency only.

  8. Jet pack - Wikipedia

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    The JetLev was the first hydroflight jet pack on the market, and its makers were awarded the first patents, in 2008, for hydro jet packs. The JetLev has the appearance of a typical jet pack, with two nozzles on a backpack propelling the rider upwards. It has an umbilicus to the powering jetski that provides the water for the thrust used. [59 ...

  9. Daedalus Flight Pack - Wikipedia

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    Richard Browning flying the "Daedalus" jet suit at Hurst Spit, Hampshire, England in 2019. The Daedalus Flight Pack is a jet suit capable of flying, hovering and powered jumps. [1]