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geostationary orbit
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orbital elements
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Lunar Orbiter
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space station
space station or space platform, artificial earth satellite, usually manned, that is placed in a fixed orbit and can serve as a base for astronomical observations; zero-gravity materials processing; satellite assembly, refueling, and repair; or, possibly, as weapons platforms. The first space... Read more |
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Spacesuit
Spacesuit A spacesuit is a pressurized garment worn by astronauts during space flights. It is designed to protect them from the potentially damaging conditions experienced in space. Spacesuits are also known as Extravehicular Mobility Units (EMUs) to reflect the fact that... Read more |
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space travel
space travel Manned space flight commenced with the orbital flight by Gagarin in April 1961. By 1996 over six hundred human beings had flown in space for periods of time varying between a few hours and 438 days. Space travel is set to become more frequent in the twenty-first century, although the... Read more |
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Astronauts
Astronaut An astronaut is a person trained to perform a specific task on a craft designed and intended to travel beyond Earth's atmosphere. The term "astronaut" derives from the Greek words meaning "space sailor." The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)... Read more |
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Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO), series of four orbiting observatories (see observatory, orbiting ) launched between 1966 and 1972 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to provide astronomical data in the ultraviolet and X-ray wavelengths filtered out by the earth's... Read more |
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superior planet
superior planet Any planet whose orbit is farther from the Sun (and hence larger in radius) than that of the Earth, namely Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.... Read more |
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Space
S PACE NASA Facing criticisms early in the decade that his agency was wasting money, Daniel S. Goldin, director for most of the 1990s of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, announced that NASA would find ways to do more with less. His management mantra... Read more |
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NASA Odyssey Enters Mars Orbit
...Online 10-24-2001 NASA Odyssey Enters Mars Orbit PASADENA, Calif. (AP) -- A relieved NASA team celebrated as the 2001 Mars Odyssey successfully...missions. The Odyssey spacecraft, operating on programmed... |
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NASA's Mars Odyssey enters red planet's orbit
PASADENA, Calif.--NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft successfully entered orbit late Tuesday around the red...Engineers and scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Labora...the spacecraft and allowed Mars to capture it into an egg... |
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NASA spacecraft enters Mars orbit, beginning 4-year study of planet
...pull it into orbit. At one point...an elliptical orbit that will swing...record of putting spacecraft into orbit around Mars...Surveyor and Mars Odyssey and the European...surface, the NASA rovers Spirit...between Earth and Mars. It is expected... |
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NASA spacecraft successfully enters Mars orbit
...could pull it into orbit. At one point...an elliptical orbit around Mars that...surface. The spacecraft will spend seven...to shrink the orbit. The successful...Surveyor and Mars Odyssey and the European Space Agency's Mars Express, which...surface, the NASA ... |
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NASA Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Mars
...an elliptical orbit around Mars that...surface. The spacecraft will spend seven...to-back _ the Mars Observer in 1993 and the Mars Climate Orbiter...sky, joining NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and Mars Odyssey and the European... |
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NASA spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Mars
...could pull it into orbit. At one point...an elliptical orbit around Mars that...surface.The spacecraft will spend seven...to shrink the orbit.The successful...Surveyor and Mars Odyssey and the European Space Agency's Mars Express, which...surface, the NASA rovers ... |
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NASA spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Mars on most ambitious...
...elliptical orbit that will...of putting spacecraft into orbit around Mars...during the orbit insertion...and Mars Odyssey and the European...surface, the NASA rovers Spirit...Zurek.The spacecraft won't beam...Earth and Mars. It is ... |
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NASA spacecraft successfully enters orbit around Mars; Orbiter is the most...
...could pull it into orbit. At one point...an elliptical orbit around Mars that...surface. The spacecraft will spend seven...to shrink the orbit. The successful...Surveyor and Mars Odyssey and the European Space Agency's Mars Express, which...surface, the NASA ... |
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Mars Odyssey apparently enters orbit; Apparent success: Mission is designed...
...PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft appeared to successfully enter orbit late Tuesday around...Engineers and scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...spacecraft and allowed Mars to capture it into an... |
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AFTER 6-MONTH JOURNEY, SPACECRAFT ENTERS ORBIT AROUND MARS.(MAIN)
...PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft successfully entered orbit late Tuesday around...spacecraft and allowed Mars to capture it into...is,'' retiring NASA Administrator Dan...chief engineer of the Mars exploration program... |
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