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European Space Operations Center
(Encyclopedia)European Space Operations Center (ESOC): see European Space Agency. ...European Space Research Institute
(Encyclopedia)European Space Research Institute (ESRIN): see European Space Agency. ...European Space Research Organization
(Encyclopedia)European Space Research Organization (ESRO): see European Space Agency. ...European Space Research and Technology Center
(Encyclopedia)European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC): see European Space Agency. ...Skylab
(Encyclopedia)Skylab: see space exploration; space station. ...Europa, in astronomy
(Encyclopedia)Europa yo͝orōˈpə [key], in astronomy, one of the 39 known moons, or natural satellites, of Jupiter. Magnetic-field data collected by the space probe Galileo in 2002 strongly indicated a liquid-wat...dimension, in mathematics
(Encyclopedia)dimension, in mathematics, number of parameters or coordinates required locally to describe points in a mathematical object (usually geometric in character). For example, the space we inhabit is three...Aldrin, Buzz
(Encyclopedia)Aldrin, Buzz ôlˈdrĭn [key] (Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.), 1930–, American astronaut, b. Montclair, N.J. After graduating from West Point (1951), Aldrin joined the U.S. air force and flew 66 combat m...Van Allen, James Alfred
(Encyclopedia)Van Allen, James Alfred, 1914–2006, American physicist and space scientist, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. A graduate (Ph.D 1939) of and professor of physics (1951–85) at what is now the Univ. of Iowa, where...Vandenberg Air Force Base
(Encyclopedia)Vandenberg Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 3,456 acres (1,399 hectares), SW Calif., near Lompoc; chief Pacific coast launch site for military satellites, and headquarters of the U.S. Space...Browse by Subject
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