space station activities
1space station — space station, adj. an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc. Also called space platform. [1940 45] * * * Manned artificial structure designed to revolve …
2International Space Station — ISS redirects here. For other uses, see ISS (disambiguation). International Space Station …
3International Space Station program — The International Space Station program is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the fifteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and… …
4Materials International Space Station Experiment — The Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE), is a series of experiments mounted externally on the International Space Station (ISS) that investigates the effects of long term exposure of materials to the harsh space environment.… …
5Space debris — populations seen from outside geosynchronous orbit (GEO). Note the two primary debris fields, the ring of objects in GEO, and the cloud of objects in low earth orbit (LEO) …
6Space law — is an area of the law that encompasses national and international law governing activities in outer space. International lawyers have been unable to agree on a uniform definition of the term outer space, although most lawyers agree that outer… …
7Space Jurisdiction — Space jurisdiction, a field addressing what countries can enforce various laws in space, is becoming more important every day as the private sector begins to enter the field of space tourism. According to the Agreement Governing the Activities of …
8Space exploration — is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. [cite web | url = http://adc.gsfc.nasa.gov/adc/education/space ex/exploration.html | title = How Space is Explored | publisher = NASA] Physical exploration of space is conducted …
9Space advocacy — can be described as the general position supporting, pleading or arguing for [Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.] the idea or cause of space exploration and settlements. It …
10Space exposure — is in reference to the exposure of a human to the conditions of outer space, without protective clothing and beyond the Earth’s atmosphere in a vacuum.Explanation and history of space exposureThe key concerns for a human without protective… …
