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  • 1Paper Aircraft Released Into Space — PARIS redirects here. For other uses, see Paris (disambiguation) and Paris. The PARIS (Paper Aircraft Released Into Space) project was a privately organised endeavour undertaken by various staff members of the information technology web site The… …

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  • 2Rocket propellant — is mass that is stored, usually in some form of propellant tank, prior to being used as the propulsive mass that is ejected from a rocket engine in the form of a fluid jet to produce thrust.Chemical rocket propellants are most commonly used,… …

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  • 3Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space — Infobox VG title = Buzz Aldrin s Race Into Space developer = Strategic Visions publisher = Interplay Entertainment released = collapsible list|title=March 11 vgy|1993 Floppy disk: March 11 vgy|1993 [ Buzz Aldrin s Race Into Space README file.]… …

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  • 4space 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… …

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  • 5launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles …

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  • 6Space 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) …

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  • 7Space 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 …

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  • 8Space accidents and incidents — Space accidents, either during operations or training for spaceflights, have killed 22 astronauts (five percent of all people who have been in space, two percent of individual spaceflights), and a much larger number of ground crew. This article… …

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  • 9Space Shuttle orbiter — The Discovery orbiter approaches the ISS on STS 121 Operator NASA Mission type Orbiter …

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  • 10Civilian Space eXploration Team — CSXT/GoFast space launch, May 17, 2004. Photo by Ian Kluft KO6YQ The Civilian Space eXploration Team, known as CSXT, is a team of around 30 civilians interested in private spaceflight.[citation needed] …

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