Ejection Capsule

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Ejection Capsule

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1. In an aircraft or manned spacecraft, a detachable compartment serving as a cockpit or cabin, which may be ejected as a unit and parachuted to the ground. </dd>
2. A satellite, probe, or unmanned spacecraft, a boxlike unit, usually containing recording instruments or records of observed data, which may be ejected and returned to earth by a parachute or other deceleration device. </dd>

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use