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51 relations: Advanced Composition Explorer, Atmosphere, Atmospheric entry, Attitude control, Canadarm, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17, Charles Hyder, Delta 3000, Earth, Einar Tandberg-Hanssen, Facula, Fairchild Industries, Field of view, Geocentric orbit, George Nelson (astronaut), Goddard Space Flight Center, Grapple fixture, High Altitude Observatory, IMAX, James van Hoften, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Kenneth John Frost, Landsat 4, Landsat 5, Lockheed Corporation, Loren Acton, Low Earth orbit, Magnetorquer, Manned Maneuvering Unit, March 1989 geomagnetic storm, Marshall Space Flight Center, MultiMission Modular Spacecraft, NASA, Parker Solar Probe, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Satellite, Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, Solar flare, Space Shuttle Challenger, Spacecraft, STS-41-C, Sun, Sungrazing comet, Sunspot, The Dream Is Alive, University College London, University of New Hampshire, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, Utrecht University, ..., WIND (spacecraft). Expand index (1 more) »
Advanced Composition Explorer
Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) is a NASA Explorers program Solar and space exploration mission to study matter comprising energetic particles from the solar wind, the interplanetary medium, and other sources.
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Atmosphere
An atmosphere is a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body.
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Atmospheric entry
Atmospheric entry is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet or natural satellite.
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Attitude control
Attitude control is controlling the orientation of an object with respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity like the celestial sphere, certain fields, and nearby objects, etc.
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Canadarm
The Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (SRMS), also known as Canadarm (Canadarm 1), is a series of robotic arms that were used on the Space Shuttle orbiters to deploy, maneuver and capture payloads.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) (known as Cape Kennedy Air Force Station from 1963 to 1973) is an installation of the United States Air Force Space Command's 45th Space Wing.
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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17), previously designated Launch Complex 17 (LC-17), was a launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida used for Thor and Delta rocket launches between 1958 and 2011.
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Charles Hyder
Charles Latif Hyder (April 18, 1930 – June 8, 2004), known in the USSR as "Dr Haider," was an American astrophysicist and dissident from Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Delta 3000
The Delta 3000 series was an American expendable launch system which was used to conduct 38 orbital launches between 1975 and 1989.
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Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
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Einar Tandberg-Hanssen
Einar A. Tandberg-Hanssen (6 August 1921 – 5 November 2012) was a Norwegian-American astrophysicist with a specialty in solar physics.
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Facula
A facula (plural: faculae), Latin for "little torch", is literally a "bright spot".
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Fairchild Industries
Fairchild Industries was created from a name change from Fairchild-Hiller Corporation, division and subsidiaries: Fairchild Aircraft Marketing Company, Fairchild Aircraft Services Division, Fairchild Republic Division, Fairchild Space and Electronics Division, Fairchild Stratos Division, Burns Aero Seat Company, Inc., Fairchild Arms International, Ltd., Fairchild Aviation (Asia) Ltd., Fairchild Aviation (Holland) N.V., Fairchild-Germantown Development Company, Inc.
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Field of view
The field of view is the extent of the observable world that is seen at any given moment.
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Geocentric orbit
A geocentric orbit or Earth orbit involves any object orbiting Planet Earth, such as the Moon or artificial satellites.
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George Nelson (astronaut)
George Driver "Pinky" Nelson (born) is an American physicist, astronomer, science educator, and a former NASA astronaut.
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Goddard Space Flight Center
The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States.
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Grapple fixture
Grapple fixtures are used on spacecraft or other objects to provide a secure connection for a robotic arm.
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High Altitude Observatory
The High Altitude Observatory (HAO) conducts research and provides support and facilities for the solar-terrestrial research community in the areas of solar and heliospheric physics, and the effects of solar variability on the Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere.
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IMAX
IMAX is a system of high-resolution cameras, film formats and film projectors.
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James van Hoften
James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften, Ph.D. (born June 11, 1944) is an American civil and hydraulic engineer, retired U.S. Navy officer and aviator, and a former astronaut for NASA.
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California, United States, with large portions of the campus in La Cañada Flintridge, California.
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Kenneth John Frost
Kenneth John Frost (October 3, 1934 – August 5, 2013) was a pioneer in the early space program, designing and flying instruments to detect and measure X-rays and gamma-rays in space, primarily from the Sun.
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Landsat 4
Landsat 4 is the fourth satellite of the Landsat program.
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Landsat 5
Landsat 5 was a low Earth orbit satellite launched on March 1, 1984 to collect imagery of the surface of Earth.
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Lockheed Corporation
The Lockheed Corporation was an American aerospace company.
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Loren Acton
Loren Wilber Acton (born March 7, 1936) is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory.
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Low Earth orbit
A low Earth orbit (LEO) is an orbit around Earth with an altitude of or less, and with an orbital period of between about 84 and 127 minutes.
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Magnetorquer
A magnetorquer or magnetic torquer (also known as torque rod) is a satellite system for attitude control, detumbling, and stabilization built from electromagnetic coils.
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Manned Maneuvering Unit
The Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) is an astronaut propulsion unit that was used by NASA on three Space Shuttle missions in 1984.
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March 1989 geomagnetic storm
A severe geomagnetic storm struck Earth on March 13, 1989.
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Marshall Space Flight Center
The George C. Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), located in Huntsville, Alabama, is the U.S. government's civilian rocketry and spacecraft propulsion research center.
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MultiMission Modular Spacecraft
MultiMission Modular Spacecraft is a NASA design of modular spacecraft, intended to save cost and ease servicing.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
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Parker Solar Probe
Parker Solar Probe (previously Solar Probe, Solar Probe Plus, or Solar Probe+) is a planned NASA robotic spacecraft to probe the outer corona of the Sun.
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Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) is one of the national scientific research laboratories in the UK operated by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
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Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit.
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Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a spacecraft built by a European industrial consortium led by Matra Marconi Space (now Astrium) that was launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas II AS launch vehicle on December 2, 1995, to study the Sun, and has discovered over 3000 comets.
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Solar flare
A solar flare is a sudden flash of increased Sun's brightness, usually observed near its surface.
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Space Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle Challenger (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was the second orbiter of NASA's space shuttle program to be put into service, after ''Columbia''.
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Spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.
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STS-41-C
STS-41-C was NASA's 11th Space Shuttle mission, and the fifth mission of Space Shuttle ''Challenger''.
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Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
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Sungrazing comet
A sungrazing comet is a comet that passes extremely close to the Sun at perihelion – sometimes within a few thousand kilometres of the Sun's surface.
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Sunspot
Sunspots are temporary phenomena on the Sun's photosphere that appear as spots darker than the surrounding areas.
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The Dream Is Alive
The Dream is Alive is an IMAX documentary film, released in June 1985, about NASA's Space Shuttle program.
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University College London
University College London (UCL) is a public research university in London, England, and a constituent college of the federal University of London.
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University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire (UNH) is a public research university in the University System of New Hampshire, in the United States.
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Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
The Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) was a NASA-operated orbital observatory whose mission was to study the Earth’s atmosphere, particularly the protective ozone layer.
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Utrecht University
Utrecht University (UU; Universiteit Utrecht, formerly Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht) is a university in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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WIND (spacecraft)
The Global Geospace Science (GGS) Wind satellite is a NASA science spacecraft launched at 04:31:00 EST on November 1, 1994, from launch pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) in Merritt Island, Florida aboard a McDonnell Douglas Delta II 7925-10 rocket.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Maximum_Mission
