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- Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA. Named after the first American...52 KB (4,453 words) - 23:46, 7 August 2024
- Atmospheric entry (sometimes listed as Vimpact or Ventry) is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of...110 KB (13,028 words) - 14:13, 31 July 2024
- A space suit or spacesuit is a garment worn to keep a human alive in the harsh environment of outer space, vacuum and temperature extremes. Space suits...72 KB (8,362 words) - 20:44, 3 August 2024
- The geology of the Moon (sometimes called selenology, although the latter term can refer more generally to "lunar science") is quite different from that...51 KB (5,975 words) - 15:37, 26 May 2024
- Moonlight consists of mostly sunlight (with little earthlight) reflected from the parts of the Moon's surface where the Sun's light strikes. The ancient...7 KB (715 words) - 22:53, 8 July 2024
- A gravastar is an object hypothesized in astrophysics by Pawel O. Mazur and Emil Mottola as an alternative to the black hole theory. It has usual black...13 KB (1,335 words) - 15:59, 26 May 2024
- Sir Martin Ryle FRS (27 September 1918 – 14 October 1984) was an English radio astronomer who developed revolutionary radio telescope systems (see e.g...18 KB (1,789 words) - 05:07, 15 May 2024
- The Greisen–Zatsepin–Kuzmin limit (GZK limit or GZK cutoff) is a theoretical upper limit on the energy of cosmic ray protons traveling from other galaxies...19 KB (2,559 words) - 12:33, 22 June 2024
- 4923 Clarke, provisional designation 1981 EO27, is a stony background asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3.5 kilometers...13 KB (862 words) - 21:24, 14 January 2024
- Mizar and Alcor are two stars forming a naked eye double in the handle of the Big Dipper (or Plough) asterism in the constellation of Ursa Major. Their...15 KB (1,801 words) - 03:36, 6 August 2024
- Jesco Hans Heinrich Max Freiherr von Puttkamer (22 September 1933 – 27 December 2012) was a German-American aerospace engineer, senior manager at NASA...14 KB (1,441 words) - 20:07, 9 June 2024
- Orbital Corporation Limited (ASX: OEC), formerly Orbital Engine Corporation Limited pioneered by Ralph Sarich, is an Australian company based in Balcatta...5 KB (424 words) - 02:20, 12 June 2023