main propulsion test facility
51Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex — Goldstone Deep Space Network Goldstone Deep Space Network Organization …
52STS-80 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 80 insignia = Sts 80 patch.png shuttle = Columbia launch pad = 39 B launch = November 19, 1996, 2:55:47 p.m EST landing = December 7, 1996, 6:49:05 a.m. EST, KSC duration = 17 days, 15 hours, 53 minutes,… …
53USS Tripoli (LPH-10) — The second USS Tripoli (LPH 10), an Iwo Jima class amphibious assault ship, was laid down on 15 June 1964 at Pascagoula, Mississippi, by the Ingalls Ship building Corporation; launched on 31 July 1965; sponsored by Mrs. Jane Cates, the wife of… …
54SSME — Space Shuttle Main Engine Space Shuttle Main Engine en test. Les Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSMEs) (en français : Moteurs principaux de la navette spatiale) sont les moteurs fusée principaux de la navette spatiale américaine. Ils sont… …
55Near Earth Network — The Near Earth Network (NEN, formerly GN or Ground Network) provides orbital communications support for Near Earth orbiting customer platforms via various NASA ground stations. NASA s NEN consists of ground stations in: Merritt Island Launch… …
56Breeder reactor — Assembly of the core of Experimental Breeder Reactor I in Idaho, 1951 A breeder reactor is a nuclear reactor that generates more fissile material in fuel than it consumes.[1] These reactors are considered appealing due to their superior fuel… …
57Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster — The Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) are the pair of large solid rockets used by the Space Shuttle during the first two minutes of powered flight. They are located on either side of the orange external propellant tank. Each SRB produces …
58Goddard Institute for Space Studies — Building that GISS is located in. The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), at Columbia University in New York City, is a component laboratory of NASA s Goddard Space Flight Center Earth Sun Exploration Division and a unit of The Earth …
59Ship model basin — US Experimental Model Basin, circa 1900 …
60Space tourism — is the recent phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space pioneered by Russia.As of 2008, orbital space tourism opportunities are limited and expensive, with only the Russian Space Agency providing transport. The price for a flight… …
