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179 relations: Anatoly Solovyev, Armageddon (1998 film), Assembly of the International Space Station, Astronaut, Astrotech Corporation, Britney Spears, California, Cannibalization (parts), CBS News, Central Intelligence Agency, Charles Bolden, ChuckleVision, Claude Nicollier, Clayton Anderson, Columbus (ISS module), Composite overwrapped pressure vessel, Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, Daniel M. Tani, David Brin, David Wolf (astronaut), Deep Impact (film), Defense Satellite Communications System, Defense Support Program, Destiny (ISS module), Dirk Frimout, Dry ice, Earth, Earth (Brin novel), Easter Island, Edwards Air Force Base, Electric battery, Electrical system of the International Space Station, European Retrievable Carrier, European Space Agency, Expedition 13, Expedition 15, Expedition 16, ExPRESS Logistics Carrier, Extended Duration Orbiter, Extravehicular Mobility Unit, Fine guidance sensor, Florida, Florida Today, Franco Malerba, G. Harry Stine, Galileo (spacecraft), Gennady Strekalov, Great Observatories program, Grumman, ... Expand index (129 more) »
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Anatoly Solovyev
Anatoly Yakovlevich Solovyev (Анатолий Яковлевич Соловьёв; alternate spelling "Solovyov") is a retired Russian and Soviet cosmonaut and pilot.
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Armageddon (1998 film)
Armageddon is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film produced and directed by Michael Bay, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and released by Touchstone Pictures.
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Assembly of the International Space Station
The process of assembling the International Space Station (ISS) has been under way since the 1990s.
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Astronaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον, meaning 'star', and ναύτης, meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.
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Astrotech Corporation
Astrotech Corporation, formerly Spacehab Inc., is a technology incubator headquartered in Austin, Texas.
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Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Cannibalization (parts)
Cannibalization of machine parts, in the maintenance of mechanical or electronic systems with interchangeable parts, refers to the practice of removing parts or subsystems necessary for repair from another similar device, rather than from inventory, usually when resources become limited.
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CBS News
CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.
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Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.
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Charles Bolden
Charles Frank Bolden Jr. (born August 19, 1946) is a former Administrator of NASA, a retired United States Marine Corps Major General, and a former astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.
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ChuckleVision
ChuckleVision is a British children's comedy television series created by Martin Hughes and the Chuckle Brothers for the BBC.
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Claude Nicollier
Claude Nicollier (born 2 September 1944 in Vevey, Switzerland) is the first astronaut from Switzerland.
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Clayton Anderson
Clayton Conrad Anderson (born February 23, 1959) is a retired NASA astronaut.
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Columbus (ISS module)
Columbus is a science laboratory that is part of the International Space Station (ISS) and is the largest single contribution to the ISS made by the European Space Agency (ESA).
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Composite overwrapped pressure vessel
A composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) is a vessel consisting of a thin, non-structural liner wrapped with a structural fiber composite, designed to hold a fluid under pressure.
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Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was a space observatory detecting photons with energies from 20 keV to 30 GeV, in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000.
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Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) is a science instrument that was installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 (STS-125) in May 2009.
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Daniel M. Tani
Daniel M. Tani (born February 1, 1961) is an American engineer and retired NASA astronaut.
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David Brin
Glen David Brin (born October 6, 1950) is an American science fiction author.
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David Wolf (astronaut)
David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer.
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Deep Impact (film)
Deep Impact is a 1998 American science fiction disaster film directed by Mimi Leder, written by Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin, and starring Robert Duvall, Téa Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximilian Schell, and Morgan Freeman.
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Defense Satellite Communications System
The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) is a United States Space Force satellite constellation that provides the United States with military communications to support globally distributed military users.
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Defense Support Program
The Defense Support Program (DSP) is a program of the United States Space Force that operated the reconnaissance satellites which form the principal component of the Satellite Early Warning System used by the United States.
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Destiny (ISS module)
The Destiny module, also known as the U.S. Lab, is the primary operating facility for U.S. research payloads aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
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Dirk Frimout
Dirk Dries David Damiaan, Viscount Frimout (born 21 March 1941 in Poperinge, Belgium) is an astrophysicist for the European Space Agency.
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Dry ice
Dry ice colloquially means the solid form of carbon dioxide.
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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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Earth (Brin novel)
Earth is a 1990 science fiction novel by American writer David Brin.
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Easter Island
Easter Island (Isla de Pascua; Rapa Nui) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation in California.
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Electric battery
An electric battery is a source of electric power consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices.
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Electrical system of the International Space Station
The electrical system of the International Space Station is a critical resource for the International Space Station (ISS) because it allows the crew to live comfortably, to safely operate the station, and to perform scientific experiments.
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European Retrievable Carrier
The European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) was an uncrewed 4.5-tonne satellite with 15 experiments.
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European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration.
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Expedition 13
Expedition 13 was the 13th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), and launched at 02:30 UTC on 30 March 2006.
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Expedition 15
Expedition 15 was the 15th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Expedition 16
Expedition 16 was the 16th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).
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ExPRESS Logistics Carrier
An EXpedite the PRocessing of Experiments to Space Station (ExPRESS) Logistics Carrier (ELC) is an unpressurized attached payload platform for the International Space Station (ISS) that provides mechanical mounting surfaces, electrical power, and command and data handling services for Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) as well as science experiments on the ISS.
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Extended Duration Orbiter
The Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) program was a project by NASA to prepare for long-term (months) microgravity research aboard Space Station Freedom, which later evolved into the International Space Station.
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Extravehicular Mobility Unit
The Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) is an independent anthropomorphic spacesuit that provides environmental protection, mobility, life support, and communications for astronauts performing extravehicular activity (EVA) in Earth orbit.
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Fine guidance sensor
A fine guidance sensor (FGS) is an instrument on board a space telescope that provides high-precision pointing information as input to the telescope's attitude control systems.
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Florida
Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
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Florida Today
Florida Today is the major daily newspaper serving Brevard County, Florida.
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Franco Malerba
Franco Egidio Malerba (born 10 October 1946 in Busalla, Metropolitan City of Genoa, Italy) is an Italian astronaut and Member of the European Parliament.
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G. Harry Stine
George Harry Stine (March 26, 1928 – November 2, 1997) was one of the founding figures of model rocketry, a science and technology writer, and (under the name Lee Correy) a science fiction author.
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Galileo (spacecraft)
Galileo was an American robotic space probe that studied the planet Jupiter and its moons, as well as the asteroids Gaspra and Ida.
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Gennady Strekalov
Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov (Генна́дий Миха́йлович Стрека́лов; 26 October 1940 – 25 December 2004) was an engineer, cosmonaut, and administrator at Russian aerospace firm RSC Energia.
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Great Observatories program
NASA's series of Great Observatories satellites are four large, powerful space-based astronomical telescopes launched between 1990 and 2003.
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Grumman
The Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, later Grumman Aerospace Corporation, was a 20th century American producer of military and civilian aircraft.
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Gyroscope
A gyroscope (from Ancient Greek γῦρος gŷros, "round" and σκοπέω skopéō, "to look") is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity.
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Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (often referred to as HST or Hubble) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation.
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IMAX
IMAX is a proprietary system of high-resolution cameras, film formats, film projectors, and theaters known for having very large screens with a tall aspect ratio (approximately either 1.43:1 or 1.90:1) and steep stadium seating, with the 1.43:1 ratio format being available only in few selected locations.
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Integrated Truss Structure
The Integrated Truss Structure (ITS) of the International Space Station (ISS) consists of a linear arranged sequence of connected trusses on which various unpressurized components are mounted such as logistics carriers, radiators, solar arrays, and other equipment.
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International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station assembled and maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). Space Shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station are crewed spacecraft.
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Italian Space Agency
The Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana; ASI) is a government agency established in 1988 to fund, regulate and coordinate space exploration activities in Italy.
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James F. Reilly
James Francis Reilly II (born March 18, 1954) is an American geologist, retired astronaut, and honorary United States Marshal who served as the 17th Director of the United States Geological Survey from 2018 to 2021.
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James S. Voss
James Shelton Voss (born March 3, 1949) is a retired United States Army colonel and NASA astronaut.
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Jeffrey Williams (astronaut)
Jeffrey Nels Williams (born January 18, 1958) is a retired United States Army officer and a NASA astronaut.
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Jerry L. Ross
Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer, and a former NASA astronaut.
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Jerry M. Linenger
Jerry Michael Linenger (born January 16, 1955) is a retired Captain in the United States Navy Medical Corps, and a former NASA astronaut who flew on the Space Shuttle and Space Station Mir.
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John E. Blaha
John Elmer Blaha (born August 26, 1942, in San Antonio, Texas) is a retired United States Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut.
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Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
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Kennedy Space Center
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers.
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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida.
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L band
The L band is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) designation for the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum from 1 to 2 gigahertz (GHz).
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Lacrosse (satellite)
Lacrosse or Onyx was a series of terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellites operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
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Léopold Eyharts
Léopold "Leo" Eyharts (born 28 April 1957) is a French Brigadier General in the French Air Force, an engineer and ESA astronaut.
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Life (magazine)
Life is an American magazine published weekly from 1883 to 1972, as an intermittent "special" until 1978, a monthly from 1978 until 2000, and an online supplement since 2008.
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Linda M. Godwin
Linda Maxine Godwin (born July 2, 1952) is an American scientist and retired NASA astronaut.
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List of human spaceflights
This is a list of all crewed spaceflights throughout history.
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List of life sciences
This list of life sciences comprises the branches of science that involve the scientific study of life – such as microorganisms, plants, and animals including human beings.
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List of Space Shuttle crews
This is a list of persons who served aboard Space Shuttle crews, arranged in chronological order by Space Shuttle missions.
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List of Space Shuttle missions
The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration).
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Magellan (spacecraft)
The Magellan spacecraft was a robotic space probe launched by NASA on May 4, 1989.
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Magnum (satellite)
Magnum was a class of SIGINT spy satellites reportedly operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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Merritt Island, Florida
Merritt Island is a peninsula, commonly referred to as an island, in Brevard County, Florida, United States, located on the eastern Florida coast, along the Atlantic Ocean.
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Metal Fight Beyblade vs the Sun: Sol Blaze, the Scorching Hot Invader
is a Beyblade film based on the anime, Beyblade: Metal Masters and is the second Beyblade film.
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Michael Foale
Colin Michael Foale (born 6 January 1957) is a British-American astrophysicist and a former NASA astronaut.
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Michael L. Gernhardt
Michael Landon Gernhardt (born May 4, 1956) is a NASA astronaut and manager of the Environmental Physiology Laboratory, and principal investigator of the Prebreathe Reduction Program (PRP) at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
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Michael R. Clifford
Michael Richard Clifford (October 13, 1952 – December 28, 2021) was a United States Army officer and NASA astronaut.
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Mike Massimino
Michael James Massimino (born August 19, 1962) is an American professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and a former NASA astronaut.
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Mir
Mir (Мир) was a space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by the Russian Federation. Space Shuttle Atlantis and Mir are crewed spacecraft.
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Mission control center
A mission control center (MCC, sometimes called a flight control center or operations center) is a facility that manages space flights, usually from the point of launch until landing or the end of the mission.
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Misty (satellite program)
Misty is reportedly the name of a classified project by the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) to operate stealthy reconnaissance satellites.
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Moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite.
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Morelos Satellite System
The Morelos satellites are a series of Mexican communications satellites.
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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National Reconnaissance Office
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. federal government.
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Nikolai Budarin
Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin (Николай Михайлович Бударин) (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a retired Russian cosmonaut, a veteran of three extended space missions aboard the Mir Space Station and the International Space Station.
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Norman Thagard
Norman Earl Thagard (born July 3, 1943; Capt, USMC, Ret.), is an American scientist and former U.S. Marine Corps officer and naval aviator and NASA astronaut.
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Orbiter Processing Facility
Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) is a class of hangars where U.S. Space Shuttle orbiters underwent maintenance between flights.
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Orlan space suit
Cosmonaut Maksim Surayev next to two Orlan-MK models on the International Space Station Cosmonaut Salizhan Sharipov, next to the Orlan-M spacesuit The Orlan space suit (sea eagle) is a series of semi-rigid one-piece space suit models designed and built by NPP Zvezda.
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Palmdale, California
Palmdale is a city in northern Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California.
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Piers Sellers
Piers John Sellers (11 April 1955 – 23 December 2016) was a British-American meteorologist, NASA astronaut and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC.
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Pressure
Pressure (symbol: p or P) is the force applied perpendicular to the surface of an object per unit area over which that force is distributed.
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Quantum Leap (2022 TV series)
Quantum Leap is an American science fiction television series aired on NBC.
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Quest Joint Airlock
The Quest Joint Airlock, previously known as the Joint Airlock Module, is the primary airlock for the International Space Station.
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Rassvet (ISS module)
Rassvet (Рассвет; lit. "first light"), also known as the Mini-Research Module 1 (MRM-1; Малый исследовательский модуль, МИМ 1) and formerly known as the Docking Cargo Module (DCM), is a component of the International Space Station (ISS).
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Reconnaissance satellite
A reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications satellite deployed for military or intelligence applications.
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Rendezvous pitch maneuver
The R-bar pitch maneuver (RPM), popularly called the rendezvous pitch maneuver or backflip, was a maneuver performed by the Space Shuttle as it rendezvoused with the International Space Station (ISS) prior to docking.
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Rex J. Walheim
Rex Joseph Walheim (born October 10, 1962) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer and NASA astronaut.
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Robert Curbeam
Robert Lee Curbeam Jr. (born March 5, 1962) is a former NASA astronaut and captain in the United States Navy.
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Rockwell International
Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate involved in aircraft, the space industry, defense and commercial electronics, components in the automotive industry, printing presses, avionics and industrial products.
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Rodolfo Neri Vela
Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985.
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RS-25
The RS-25, also known as the Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME), is a liquid-fuel cryogenic rocket engine that was used on NASA's Space Shuttle and is used on the Space Launch System (SLS). Space Shuttle Atlantis and rS-25 are historic American Engineering Record in Texas.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
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RV Atlantis
RV Atlantis was a ketch rigged research vessel operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution from 1931 to 1966.
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Scott E. Parazynski
Scott Edward Parazynski (born July 28, 1961, in Little Rock, Arkansas) is an American physician and a former NASA astronaut.
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Shannon Lucid
Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid (born January 14, 1943) is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut.
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Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two retired extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. Space Shuttle Atlantis and Shuttle Carrier Aircraft are historic American Engineering Record in Texas.
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Shuttle Down
Shuttle Down is a novel by American author G. Harry Stine, written under the pen name Lee Correy.
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Shuttle–Mir program
The Shuttle–Mir program was a collaborative 11-mission space program between Russia and the United States that involved American Space Shuttles visiting the Russian space station Mir, Russian cosmonauts flying on the Shuttle, and an American astronaut flying aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to engage in long-duration expeditions aboard Mir.
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Signals intelligence
Signals intelligence (SIGINT) is the act and field of intelligence-gathering by interception of signals, whether communications between people (communications intelligence—abbreviated to COMINT) or from electronic signals not directly used in communication (electronic intelligence—abbreviated to ELINT).
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Southern California
Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and cultural region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California.
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Soyuz programme
The Soyuz programme (Союз, meaning "Union") is a human spaceflight programme initiated by the Soviet Union in the early 1960s.
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Space Camp (United States)
Space Camp is an educational camp in Huntsville, Alabama, on the grounds of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center (USSRC) museum near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.
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Space exploration
Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.
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Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Space Shuttle Atlantis and space Shuttle are crewed spacecraft and historic American Engineering Record in Texas.
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Space Shuttle Challenger disaster
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard.
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Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
On Saturday, February 1, 2003, Space Shuttle ''Columbia'' disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board.
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Space Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is a retired American Space Shuttle orbiter. Space Shuttle Atlantis and Space Shuttle Discovery are crewed spacecraft, historic American Engineering Record in Texas, Individual aircraft and space Shuttle orbiters.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space Shuttle Endeavour (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational Shuttle built. Space Shuttle Atlantis and Space Shuttle Endeavour are crewed spacecraft, historic American Engineering Record in Texas, Individual aircraft and space Shuttle orbiters.
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Space Shuttle orbiter
The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued Space Shuttle program. Space Shuttle Atlantis and space Shuttle orbiter are crewed spacecraft and space Shuttle orbiters.
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Space Shuttle retirement
The retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle fleet took place from March to July 2011.
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Space Shuttle thermal protection system
The Space Shuttle thermal protection system (TPS) is the barrier that protected the Space Shuttle Orbiter during the searing heat of atmospheric reentry.
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Space station
A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft which remains in orbit and hosts humans for extended periods of time.
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SpaceCamp
SpaceCamp is a 1986 American science fiction adventure film inspired by the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama.
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Spaceflight
Spaceflight (or space flight) is an application of astronautics to fly objects, usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board.
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Spacelab
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory developed by European Space Agency (ESA) and used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle.
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Spaceplane
A spaceplane is a vehicle that can fly and glide like an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere and maneuver like a spacecraft in outer space.
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Stanley G. Love
Stanley Glen Love (born June 8, 1965) is an American scientist and a NASA astronaut from Oregon.
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Stephen Bowen (astronaut)
Stephen Gerard "Steve" Bowen (born February 13, 1964) is a United States Navy submariner and a NASA astronaut; he was the second submariner to travel into space.
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STS-1
STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
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STS-101
STS-101 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''.
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STS-104
STS-104 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
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STS-106
STS-106 was a 2000 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
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STS-110
STS-110 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–19 April 2002 flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
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STS-112
STS-112 (ISS assembly flight 9A) was an 11-day Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by.
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STS-115
STS-115 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by.
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STS-117
STS-117 (ISS assembly flight 13A) was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'', launched from pad 39A of the Kennedy Space Center on June 8, 2007.
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STS-122
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the.
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STS-125
STS-125, or HST-SM4 (Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4), was the fifth and final Space Shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).
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STS-129
STS-129 (ISS assembly flight ULF3) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
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STS-132
STS-132 (ISS assembly flight ULF4) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the International Space Station on May 16, 2010.
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STS-133
STS-133 (ISS assembly flight ULF5) was the 133rd mission in NASA's Space Shuttle program; during the mission, Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' docked with the International Space Station.
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STS-134
STS-134 (ISS assembly flight ULF6) was the penultimate mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the 25th and last spaceflight of.
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STS-135
STS-135 (ISS assembly flight ULF7) was the 135th and final mission of the American Space Shuttle program.
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STS-27
STS-27 was the 27th NASA Space Shuttle mission, and the third flight of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
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STS-30
STS-30 was the 29th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fourth mission for Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
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STS-34
STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using ''Atlantis''.
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STS-36
STS-36 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission, during which Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' carried a classified payload for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) (believed to have been a Misty reconnaissance satellite) into orbit.
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STS-37
STS-37, the thirty-ninth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the eighth flight of the Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'', was a six-day mission with the primary objective of launching the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO), the second of the Great Observatories program which included the visible-spectrum Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) and the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope.
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STS-38
STS-38 was a Space Shuttle mission by NASA using the Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
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STS-43
STS-43, the ninth mission for Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'', was a nine-day mission whose primary goal was launching the TDRS-E satellite (TDRS-5).
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STS-44
STS-44 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis that launched on November 24, 1991.
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STS-45
STS-45 was a 1992 NASA Space Shuttle mission using the.
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STS-46
STS-46 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using ''Atlantis'' and was launched on July 31, 1992, and landed on August 8, 1992.
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STS-51-J
STS-51-J was NASA's 21st Space Shuttle mission and the first flight of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
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STS-61-B
STS-61-B was the 23rd NASA Space Shuttle mission, and its second using Space Shuttle Atlantis.
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STS-61-G
STS-61-G was a NASA Space Shuttle mission planned to launch on 20 May 1986, using ''Atlantis''.
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STS-61-J
STS-61-J was a canceled launch of NASA Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'', planned for August 1986 to launch the Hubble Space Telescope.
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STS-66
STS-66 was a Space Shuttle program mission that was flown by the Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.
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STS-71
As the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, STS-71 became the first Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
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STS-74
STS-74 was the fourth mission of the US/Russian Shuttle–''Mir'' program, and the second docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir.
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STS-76
STS-76 was NASA's 76th Space Shuttle mission, and the 16th mission for ''Atlantis''.
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STS-79
STS-79 was the 17th flight of Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'', and the 79th mission of the Space Shuttle program.
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STS-81
STS-81 was a January 1997 Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' mission to the Mir space station.
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STS-84
STS-84 was a crewed spaceflight mission by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' to the Mir space station.
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STS-86
STS-86 was a Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'' mission to the Mir space station.
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STS-98
STS-98 was a 2001 Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Atlantis''.
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Sunita Williams
Sunita Lyn Williams (Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut, United States Navy officer, and former record holder for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).
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TDRS-5
TDRS-5, known before launch as TDRS-E, is an American communications satellite, of first generation, which is operated by NASA as part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.
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Thomas David Jones
Thomas David Jones (born January 22, 1955) is a former United States astronaut.
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Venus
Venus is the second planet from the Sun.
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Vladimir Dezhurov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Dezhurov (Влади́мир Никола́евич Дежу́ров; born July 30, 1962) is a Russian former cosmonaut who resides in Star City, Moscow.
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Vladimir Titov (cosmonaut)
Vladimir Georgiyevich Titov (Владимир Георгиевич Титов; born 1 January 1947 in Sretensk, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia) is a retired Russian Air Force Colonel and former cosmonaut.
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Wide Field Camera 3
The Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) is the Hubble Space Telescope's last and most technologically advanced instrument to take images in the visible spectrum.
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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI, acronym pronounced) is a private, nonprofit research and higher education facility dedicated to the study of marine science and engineering.
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See also
Space Shuttle orbiters
- Space Shuttle Atlantis
- Space Shuttle Challenger
- Space Shuttle Columbia
- Space Shuttle Discovery
- Space Shuttle Endeavour
- Space Shuttle Enterprise
- Space Shuttle orbiter
References
Also known as Atlantis (Space Shuttle), Atlantis (shuttle), Atlantis shuttle, Atlantis space shuttle, OV Atlantis, OV-104, OV-104 Atlantis, SS Atlantis, Shuttle Atlantis.