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1Flight controller — Flight controllers are personnel who aid in the operations of a space flight, working in Mission Control Centers such as NASA s Mission Control Center, or ESA s Operations Center. Flight controllers sit at computer consoles and use telemetry to… …
2aerospace 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 …
3Michael L. Gernhardt — Michael Landon Gernhardt NASA Astronaut Nationality American Status Active …
4Air Force Satellite Control Network — The Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) provides support for the operation, control, and maintenance of a variety of United States Department of Defense and some non DoD satellites. This involves continual execution of the tasks involved …
5STS-116 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 116 insignia = Sts 116 patch.png shuttle = Discovery crew members = 7 launch pad = LC 39B launch = 2006 12 09 8:47:35 p.m. EST (2006 12 10 01:47:35 UTC) landing = 2006 12 22 5:32:00 p.m. EST (22:32:00 UTC) …
6D-17B — Autonetics D 17 guidance computer from a Minuteman I missile. The D 17B is a computer used in missile guidance systems, specifically the Minuteman I NS 1OQ missile guidance system, which contains a D 17B computer, the associated stable platform,… …
7space 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… …
