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(Encyclopedia) life support system: see artificial life support; Life Support for Human Spaceflight under space science.astronaut
(Encyclopedia) astronaut, crew member on a U.S. manned spaceflight mission; the Soviet term is cosmonaut. Candidates for manned spaceflight are carefully screened to meet the highest physical and…Baikonur Cosmodrome
(Encyclopedia) Baikonur or Baykonur CosmodromeBaikonur or Baykonur Cosmodromeboth: bīˌkən&oomacr;rˈ [key], formerly secret aerospace launch complex, Qyzylorda prov., S central Kazakhstan, near…Schirra, Wally
(Encyclopedia) Schirra, Wally, (Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.), 1923–2007, the only American astronaut to fly in all of NASA's first three manned spaceflight programs, b. Hackensack, N.J., grad. U.S.…Rutan, Burt
(Encyclopedia) Rutan, Burt (Elbert Leander Rutan)Rutan, Burtr&oomacr;ˈtăn [key], 1943–, American aerospace engineer, b. Portland, Oreg., grad. California Polytechnic Univ. (B.S. 1965). From 1965…Space Websites
European Space Agency (ESA): www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html Lunar Prospector: lunar.arc.nasa.gov NASA Astronaut Biographies: www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/index.html NASA homepage: www.nasa.gov NASA Jet…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…von Braun, Wernher
(Encyclopedia) von Braun, Wernhervon Braun, Wernhervôn broun [key], 1912–77, German-American rocket scientist and astronautics engineer, b. Germany, grad. Berlin Technological Institute (B.S., 1932…China's Spacecraft Progress
China launched its first unstaffed spacecraft from the Jiuquan Space Center in Gansu province on Nov. 19, 1999. The space capsule, named Shenzhou (“Divine Ship”), made 14 orbits of Earth in…space science
(Encyclopedia) space science, body of scientific knowledge as it relates to space exploration; it is sometimes also called astronautics. Space science draws on the conventional sciences of physics,…Trending
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