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11Launch vehicle — Satellite launch vehicle redirects here. For the Indian rocket, see Satellite Launch Vehicle A Russian Soyuz lifts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan heading for the ISS In spaceflight, a launch vehicle or carrier rocket is a rocket… …
12Anemometer — A hemispherical cup anemometer of the type invented in 1846 by John Thomas Romney Robinson Cup ty …
13spaceflight — /spays fluyt /, n. the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space. Also, space flight. [1945 50; SPACE + FLIGHT1] * * * Introduction flight beyond Earth s atmosphere. This article deals with the basic concepts associated with …
14Level crossing — This article is about at grade intersections between railway and road. For where two rail lines cross, see level junction. For a type of nuclear receptor (RXR), see Retinoid X receptor. A level crossing at Chertsey, England, as the barriers rise …
15test — 1. To prove; to try a substance; to determine the chemical nature of a substance by means of reagents. 2. A method of examination, as to determine the presence or absence of a definite disease or of some substance in any of the fluids, tissues,… …
16Outline of meteorology — See also: Index of meteorology articles Eye of Hurricane Isabel from the International Space Station, September 15, 2003. Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting.… …
17NEXRAD — Radar at the WSR 88D Radar Operations Center NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high resolution Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service, an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric… …
18Atmospheric Chemistry Observational Databases — Over the last two centuries many atmospheric chemical observations have been made from a variety of ground based, airborne, and orbital platforms and deposited in databases. Many of these databases are publicly available. All of the instruments… …
19LIDAR — A FASOR used at the Starfire Optical Range for LIDAR and laser guide star experiments is tuned to the sodium D2a line and used to excite sodium atoms in the upper atmosphere …
20Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency — 宇宙航空研究開発機構 Reaching for the skies, exploring space Owner  Jap …
