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51aerospace industry — Introduction assemblage of manufacturing concerns that deal with vehicular flight within and beyond the Earth s atmosphere. (The term aerospace is derived from the words aeronautics and spaceflight.) The aerospace industry is engaged in the …
52GSLV III — infobox rocket name = Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk.III imsize = 200px caption = Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle III function = Medium heavy launch vehicle manufacturer = ISRO country origin = IND height = 42.4 m diameter =… …
53Liquid oxygen — This article is about the liquid form of the element oxygen. For the commercial product, see Liquid Oxygen (supplement). LOX redirects here. For other uses, see Lox (disambiguation). The blue colour of liquid oxygen in a dewar flask Liquid oxygen …
54Atlas V — Infobox rocket caption = Launch of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, 11:43:00 am GMT August 12, 2005 on the first Atlas V rocket used by NASA. The rocket is in the 401 configuration. name = Atlas V function = EELV/Medium heavy launch vehicle… …
55Falcon 1 — Infobox rocket imsize = 220 caption = Falcon 1 rocket. name = Falcon 1 function = Orbital launch vehicle manufacturer = SpaceX country origin = United States height = 21.3 m alt height = 70 ft diameter = 1.7 m alt diameter = 5.5 ft mass = 38,555… …
56White Sands Test Facility — (WSTF) is a rocket engine test facility and a resource for testing and evaluating potentially hazardous materials, space flight components, and rocket propulsion systems. NASA established WSTF on the White Sands Missile Range in 1963. [cite web… …
57RL-10 — The RL 10 was America s first liquid hydrogen fueled rocket engine, and an updated version is used in several current launch vehicles. Six RL 10 engines were used in the S IV second stage of the Saturn I rocket. One or two RL 10 engines are used… …
58space exploration — Investigation of the universe beyond Earth s atmosphere by means of manned and unmanned spacecraft. Study of the use of rockets for spaceflight began early in the 20th century. Germany s research on rocket propulsion in the 1930s led to… …
59Defense Meteorological Satellite Program — DMSP images of Auroral bands circling north of Scandinavia The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar terrestrial physics for the United States Department of Defense. The program is now… …
60Asteroid-impact avoidance — Planetary defense redirects here. For defending against alien invasion in fiction, see alien invasion. Artist s impression of a major impact event. The collision between Earth and an asteroid a few kilometres in diameter releases as much energy… …
