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space research Scientific and technological investigations that gather knowledge through space exploration. Optical and radio telescopes and the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope launched by NASA in 1990, determined the physical make-up and behaviour of stars, planets, and other cosmic materials. Artificial satellite, the space shuttle, space stations and space probes have all carried research projects into space. The data has been used in various fields ranging from medical to military.

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