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  • 31jet engine — an engine, as an aircraft engine, that produces forward motion by the rearward exhaust of a jet of fluid or heated air and gases. Also called jet, jet motor. [1940 45] * * * Any of a class of internal combustion engines that propel aircraft by… …

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  • 32Proton rocket — Infobox rocket caption =Launch of a Proton rocket name = Proton 8K82K function = Unmanned Launch Vehicle manufacturer = Khrunichev country origin = Soviet Union, Russia height = 53 m alt height = diameter = 7.4 m alt diameter = mass = 693,810 kg… …

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  • 33Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics       Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity.       Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …

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  • 34Scramjet — Part of a series on Aircraft propulsion Shaft engines (to drive pr …

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  • 35Delta IV — This article is about the rocket. For the submarine see Delta class submarine. Delta IV (Delta 9000) Delta IV Medium launch carrying DSCS III B6 Function Orbital launch vehicle Manufacturer Boeing …

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  • 36Marshall Space Flight Center — George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Aerial view of the test area at MSFC …

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  • 37Milton Rosen — 1955 Project Orbiter meeting], Rosen standing at the right rear, a few months before the NRL Vanguard was selected to launch first US satellite. Milton W. Rosen (born July 25, 1915) is a former United States Navy engineer and project manager in… …

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  • 38Lockheed Martin X-33 — Infobox rocket name = X 33 caption = Simulated view of the X 33 in low earth orbit function = Unmanned Re usable Spaceplane technology demonstrator manufacturer = Lockheed Martin country origin = United States height = 20 mcite web title=NASA:X… …

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  • 39Jupiter — /jooh pi teuhr/, n. 1. Also called Jove. the supreme deity of the ancient Romans: the god of the heavens and of weather. Cf. Zeus. 2. Astron. the planet fifth in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 88,729 mi. (142,796 km), a mean …

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  • 40launch 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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