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The is the Japanese national aerospace and space agency. [1]

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A Beautiful Planet

A Beautiful Planet is a 2016 American documentary film that explores Earth by showing IMAX footage that was recorded over the course of fifteen months by astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

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A-train (satellite constellation)

The A-train (from Afternoon Train) is a satellite constellation of five Earth observation satellites of varied nationality in sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of above the Earth.

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ADEOS II

ADEOS II (Advanced Earth Observing Satellite 2) was an Earth observation satellite launched by NASDA, with contributions from NASA and CNES, in December 2002.

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Adriana Ocampo

Adriana Ocampo is a Colombian planetary geologist and the Science Program Manager at NASA Headquarters.

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Advanced Land Observation Satellite

Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi (a Japanese word meaning "land"), is a 4-ton Japanese satellite launched in 2006.

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Advanced Research and Conventional Technology Utilization Spacecraft

ARCTUS (the "Advanced Research and Conventional Technology Utilization Spacecraft") was a proposed design by Astrotech Corporation and developed with its partners Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance, Cimarron and Odyssey Space Research for a robotic spacecraft that would deliver cargo to the International Space Station, NASA COTS program.

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Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics

The Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA, formerly named ASTRO-D) was the fourth cosmic X-ray astronomy mission by JAXA, and the second for which the United States provided part of the scientific payload.

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Aerospace

Aerospace is the human effort in science, engineering and business to fly in the atmosphere of Earth (aeronautics) and surrounding space (astronautics).

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Aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami included both a humanitarian crisis and massive economic impacts.

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AIDA (mission)

The Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is a proposed pair of space probes which would study and demonstrate the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor spacecraft into an asteroid moon.

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Airbus Defence and Space

Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus responsible for defence and aerospace products and services.

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Akari (satellite)

Akari (ASTRO-F) is an infrared astronomy satellite developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, in cooperation with institutes of Europe and Korea.

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Akatsuki (spacecraft)

, also known as the Venus Climate Orbiter (VCO) and Planet-C, is a Japanese (JAXA) space probe tasked to study the atmosphere of Venus.

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Akihiko Hoshide

is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut.

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Akiko Nakagami

is a popular expert on family therapy and a business entrepreneur (former president of HAPPY PRINT), born in Tokyo, Japan.

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Alaska Satellite Facility

The Alaska Satellite Facility is a data processing facility and satellite-tracking ground station within the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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ALFLEX

ALFLEX (Automatic Landing Flight EXperiment) was an experimental unmanned aircraft crated by JAXA in 1996.

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ALOS-2

Advanced Land Observing Satellite 2 (ALOS 2), also called Daichi 2, is a 2-ton Japanese satellite launched in 2014.

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AMSAT

AMSAT is a name for amateur radio satellite organizations worldwide, but in particular the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA) with headquarters at Kensington, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. AMSAT organizations design, build, arrange launches for, and then operate (command) satellites carrying amateur radio payloads, including the OSCAR series of satellites.

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Anton Shkaplerov

Anton Nikolaevich Shkaplerov (Антон Николаевич Шкаплеров) (born February 20, 1972 in Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR) is a Russian cosmonaut.

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Apollo 15

Apollo 15 was the ninth manned mission in the United States' Apollo program, the fourth to land on the Moon, and the eighth successful manned mission.

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Apollo program

The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the third United States human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished landing the first humans on the Moon from 1969 to 1972.

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Aral Sea

The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake (one with no outflow) lying between Kazakhstan (Aktobe and Kyzylorda Regions) in the north and Uzbekistan (Karakalpakstan autonomous region) in the south.

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Arase (satellite)

Arase, formerly known as Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG), is a scientific satellite to study the Van Allen belts.

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ArduSat

ArduSat is an Arduino based Nanosatellite, based on the CubeSat standard.

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ArgoMoon

ArgoMoon is a nanosatellite that will fly on board NASA's Space Launch System during its first mission (Exploration Mission 1) scheduled for 2019.

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Armin Gruen

Prof.

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Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies

Arthur C. Clarke Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT) (නවීන තාක්ෂණය පිළිබඳ ආතර් සී.) is an institute for research and technology transfer in Sri Lanka.

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ARTS (radiative transfer code)

ARTS (Atmospheric Radiative Transfer Simulator) is a widely used atmospheric radiative transfer simulator for infrared, microwave, and sub-millimeter wavelengths.

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Ashen light

Ashen light is a hypothesised subtle glow that has been claimed to be seen on the night side of the planet Venus.

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Astro-G

ASTRO-G (also known as VSOP-2, and very rarely called VSOP-B) was a planned radio telescope satellite by JAXA.

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Atmosphere of Venus

The atmosphere of Venus is the layer of gases surrounding Venus.

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Automated Transfer Vehicle

The Automated Transfer Vehicle, originally Ariane Transfer Vehicle or ATV, was an expendable cargo spacecraft developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).

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Ōsumi Islands

The is an archipelago in the Nansei Islands, and are the northernmost group of the Satsunan Islands, which is in turn part of the Ryukyu Archipelago.

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Balloon (aeronautics)

In aeronautics, a balloon is an unpowered aerostat, which remains aloft or floats due to its buoyancy.

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Beam waveguide antenna

A beam waveguide antenna is a particular type of large steerable parabolic antenna in which the radio waves are transported in a beam between the movable dish and the stationary transmitter or receiver using multiple reflective surfaces.

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BepiColombo

BepiColombo is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury.

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Bernard Foing

Bernard Foing is a French scientist at the European Space Agency (ESA), Executive Director of the (ILEWG) and was Principal Project Scientist for SMART-1, the first European mission to the Moon.

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Bigelow Aerospace

Bigelow Aerospace is an American space technology startup company based in North Las Vegas, Nevada, that manufactures and develops expandable space station modules.

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Bigelow Commercial Space Station

The Bigelow Next-Generation Commercial Space Station is a private orbital space station currently under development by Bigelow Aerospace.

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Bisei Spaceguard Center

The Bisei Spaceguard Center (BSGC) is an astronomical observatory located at Bisei-chō, Okayama, Japan.

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Blue Origin

Blue Origin, LLC is an American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company headquartered in Kent, Washington.

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Blue Origin Goddard

Blue Origin Goddard is the name of the first development vehicle in the Blue Origin New Shepard program, which flew for the first time on November 13, 2006.

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Brazilian Space Agency

The Brazilian Space Agency (Agência Espacial Brasileira; AEB) is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's burgeoning space program.

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Brynhildr in the Darkness

is a science fiction Japanese manga series by Lynn Okamoto that began serialization in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump in January 2012.

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BT-4 (rocket engine)

The BT-4 is a pressure-fed liquid rocket engine designed and manufactured by IHI Aerospace of Japan.

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CAESAR (spacecraft)

CAESAR (Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return) is a proposed sample-return mission to comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

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Callisto (moon)

Callisto (Jupiter IV) is the second-largest moon of Jupiter, after Ganymede.

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Calorimetric Electron Telescope

The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) is a space telescope being mainly used to perform high precision observations of electrons and gamma rays.

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Canadian Arrow

The Canadian Arrow was a privately funded, early-2000s rocket and space tourism project concept founded by London, Ontario, Canada entrepreneurs Geoff Sheerin, Dan McKibbon and Chris Corke.

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Canadian Space Agency

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA; Agence spatiale canadienne, ASC) was established by the Canadian Space Agency Act which received Royal Assent on May 10, 1990.

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Canceled Space Shuttle missions

During the Space Shuttle program, several missions were canceled.

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Carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere

Carbon dioxide is an important trace gas in Earth's atmosphere.

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Cargo spacecraft

Cargo spacecraft are robotic spacecraft that are designed to support space stations operation by transporting food, propellant and other supplies.

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Castor (rocket stage)

The Castor family of solid-fuel rocket stages and boosters built by Thiokol (now Orbital ATK) and used on a variety of launch vehicles.

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Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets

The Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (CSAR) is an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and is part of the United States Department of Energy's Advanced Simulation and Computing Program.

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Centrifuge Accommodations Module

The Centrifuge Accommodations Module (CAM) is a cancelled element of the International Space Station.

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Chandra X-ray Observatory

The Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO), previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a Flagship-class space observatory launched on STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999.

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Chang'e 2

Chang'e 2 is a Chinese unmanned lunar probe that was launched on 1 October 2010.

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Chōfu Airport

is an airport located northwest of Chōfu, Tokyo, Japan, west of central Tokyo.

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Chōfu, Tokyo

is a city located in Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.

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Chiaki Mukai

is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut.

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Chichijima

, formerly known as Peel Island and in the 19th century known to the English as part of the Bonin Islands, is the largest island in the Ogasawara archipelago.

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Chigasaki, Kanagawa

is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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Chofu Aerospace Center

is the headquarters and main development facility for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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Cimon (robot)

Cimon or officially CIMON (Crew Interactive Mobile companion) is a head-shaped AI robot used in the International Space Station.

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Cislunar Explorers

Cislunar Explorers is a pair of spacecraft that will show the viability of water electrolysis propulsion and interplanetary optical navigation to orbit the Moon.

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COM DEV International

COM DEV International is a satellite technology, space sciences and telecommunications company with headquarters in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada.

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Commercial Orbital Transportation Services

Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) was a NASA program to coordinate the delivery of crew and cargo to the International Space Station by private companies.

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Comparison of Asian national space programs

Several Asian countries have space programs and are actively competing to achieve scientific and technological advancements in space, a situation sometimes referred to as the Asian space race in the popular media as a reference to the earlier Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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Comparison of orbital rocket engines

This page is an incomplete list of orbital rocket engine data.

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Comparison of solid-fuelled orbital launch systems

This page contains the lift launch systems constructed by some solid fuel stages except final stage.

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Comparison of space station cargo vehicles

A number of different spacecraft have been used to carry cargo to and from space stations.

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Constellation-X Observatory

The Constellation-X Observatory (HTXS or Con-X) was a mission concept for an X-ray space observatory to be operated by NASA; in 2008 it was merged with ESA and JAXA efforts in the same direction to produce the International X-ray Observatory project, announced on July 24, 2008.

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Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems

The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) was founded in 1982 for governmental and quasi-governmental space agencies to discuss and develop standards for space data and information systems.

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Coppelion

is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Tomonori Inoue.

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Cosmic Vision

Cosmic Vision (also known as Cosmic Vision 2015–2025) is a European Space Agency (ESA) long-term space science missions programme spanning between years 2015 and 2025, a successor to the Horizon 2000 long-term scientific programme.

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Coverage of Google Street View

Google Street View was first introduced in the United States on May 25, 2007, and until November 26, 2008, featured camera icon markers, each representing at least one major city or area (such as a park), and usually the other nearby cities, towns, suburbs, and parks.

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Crew equipment interface test

A crew equipment interface test (CEIT) was a training procedure that helped spaceflight crewmembers gain first-hand knowledge of the flight hardware used during a space shuttle mission.

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CubeSat

A CubeSat (U-class spacecraft) is a type of miniaturized satellite for space research that is made up of multiples of 10×10×10 cm cubic units.

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CubeSat for Solar Particles

CubeSat for Solar Particles (CuSP) is a planned nanosatellite spacecraft that will study the dynamic particles and magnetic fields that stream from the Sun.

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Cyclone Bijli

Cyclone Bijli (JTWC designation: 01B, also known as Cyclonic Storm Bijli), was the first tropical cyclone to form during the 2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season.

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Cygnus (spacecraft)

The Cygnus spacecraft is an American automated cargo spacecraft developed by Orbital ATK as part of NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) developmental program.

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Daido University

is a coeducational private university in Minami-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.

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Daniel T. Barry

Daniel Thomas Barry (born December 30, 1953) is an American engineer, scientist, and a retired NASA astronaut.

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DART (satellite)

DART, or Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology, was a NASA sponsored project with the goal to develop and demonstrate an automated navigation and rendezvous capability in a NASA spacecraft.

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December 3

No description.

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December 7

No description.

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Deforestation

Deforestation, clearance, or clearing is the removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use.

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DESTINY+

DESTINY+ (Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage Phaethon fLyby dUSt science) is a planned mission to flyby the meteor shower parent body 3200 Phaethon, as well as various minor bodies originating from the "rock comet".

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Digital Earth

Digital Earth is the name given to a concept by former US vice president Al Gore in 1998, describing a virtual representation of the Earth that is georeferenced and connected to the world’s digital knowledge archives.

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Diwata-1

Diwata-1 also known as PHL-Microsat-1 is a Philippine microsatellite launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in March 23, 2016, and was deployed into orbit from the ISS in April 27, 2016.

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Earth Escape Explorer

Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E3) is a nanosatellite of the 6-Unit CubeSat format that will demonstrate long-distance communications while in heliocentric orbit.

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Earth Observation Center

Earth Observation Center 地球観測センター is a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Earth Observing System

The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a program of NASA comprising a series of artificial satellite missions and scientific instruments in Earth orbit designed for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans of the Earth.

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Earth Simulator

The, developed by the Japanese government's initiative "Earth Simulator Project", was a highly parallel vector supercomputer system for running global climate models to evaluate the effects of global warming and problems in solid earth geophysics.

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Earth trojan

An Earth trojan is an asteroid that orbits the Sun in the vicinity of the Earth–Sun Lagrangian points (leading 60°) or (trailing 60°), thus having an orbit similar to Earth's.

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EarthCARE

EarthCARE is a planned joint European/Japanese (ESA/JAXA/NICT) satellite, the sixth of ESA's Living Planet Programme.

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Earthrise

Earthrise is a photograph of the Earth and parts of the Moon's surface taken from lunar orbit by astronaut Bill Anders in 1968, during the Apollo 8 mission.

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EcoDemonstrator

The ecoDemonstrator Program is a flight test research program of aircraft company Boeing, which has used a series of specially modified aircraft to develop and test aviation technologies designed to improve fuel economy and reduce the noise and ecological footprint of airliners.

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Epsilon (rocket)

The (formerly Advanced Solid Rocket) is a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.

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EQUULEUS

EQUULEUS (EQUilibriUm Lunar-Earth point 6U Spacecraft) is a nanosatellite of the 6-Unit CubeSat format that will measure the distribution of plasma that surrounds the Earth (plasmasphere) to help scientists understand the radiation environment in that region.

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ESA CAVES

CAVES, an acronym for Cooperative Adventure for Valuing and Exercising human behaviour and performance Skills, is a European Space Agency astronaut training course in which international astronauts train in a space-analogue cave environment.

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ETS-VIII

JAXA Engineering Test Satellite ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) is the eighth technology test satellite in a series which started with ETS-1 in 1975 by NASDA.

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Europa (moon)

Europa or as Ευρώπη (Jupiter II) is the smallest of the four Galilean moons orbiting Jupiter, and the sixth-closest to the planet.

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Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace

The Europa Jupiter System Mission – Laplace (EJSM/Laplace) was a proposed joint NASA/ESA unmanned space mission slated to launch around 2020 for the in-depth exploration of Jupiter's moons with a focus on Europa, Ganymede and Jupiter's magnetosphere.

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European Programme for Life and Physical Sciences in Space

ELIPS - European Programme for Life and Physical Sciences in Space and applications utilising the International Space Station started in 2001 and was intended to cover the activities for the following 5 years.

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European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA; Agence spatiale européenne, ASE; Europäische Weltraumorganisation) is an intergovernmental organisation of 22 member states dedicated to the exploration of space.

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Expansion tunnel

Expansion and shock tunnels are aerodynamic testing facilities with a specific interest in high speeds and high temperature testing.

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Expedition 18

Expedition 18 was the 18th permanent crew of the International Space Station (ISS).

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Expedition 19

Expedition 19 was the 19th long-duration flight to the International Space Station.

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Expedition 20

Expedition 20 was the 20th long-duration flight to the International Space Station.

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Expedition 22

Expedition 22 was the 22nd long duration crew flight to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Expedition 23

Expedition 23 (МКС-23) was the 23rd long-duration mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Expedition 28

Expedition 28 was the 28th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station, and began on 23 May 2011 with the departure of the members of Expedition 27.

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Expedition 29

Expedition 29 was the 29th long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Expedition 32

Expedition 32 was the 32nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Expedition 33

Expedition 33 was the 33rd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Expedition 38

Expedition 38 was the 38th expedition to the International Space Station.

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Expedition 39

Expedition 39 was the 39th expedition to the International Space Station.

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Expedition 44

Expedition 44 was the 44th expedition to the International Space Station.

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Expedition 45

Expedition 45 was the 45th expedition to the International Space Station.

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Expedition 48

Expedition 48 was the 48th expedition to the International Space Station.

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Expedition 49

Expedition 49 was the 49th expedition to the International Space Station.

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Expedition 8

Expedition 8 was the eighth expedition to the International Space Station.

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Exploration Mission 1

Exploration Mission 1 or EM-1 (previously known as Space Launch System 1 or SLS-1) is the uncrewed first planned flight of the Space Launch System and the second flight of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle.

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Exploration of Mercury

The exploration of Mercury has played only a minor role in the space interests of the world.

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Exploration of the Moon

The physical exploration of the Moon began when Luna 2, a space probe launched by the Soviet Union, made an impact on the surface of the Moon on September 14, 1959.

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Explorers Program

The Explorers Program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, geophysics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space.

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Extraterrestrial real estate

Extraterrestrial real estate refers to claims of land ownership on other planets or natural satellites or parts of space by certain organizations and individuals.

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FedSat

FedSat (Australia's 'Federation Satellite') is an Australian scientific research satellite launched from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan by a NASDA H-IIA launch vehicle in December 2002 (NASDA is now merged with JAXA).

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Fides (reliability)

Fides (Latin: trust) is a guide allowing estimated reliability calculation for electronic components and systems.

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Flight altitude record

This listing of flight altitude records are the records set for the highest aeronautical flights conducted in the atmosphere, set since the age of ballooning.

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Flight controller

Flight controllers are personnel who aid space flight by working in such Mission Control Centers as NASA's Mission Control Center or ESA's European Space Operations Centre.

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French space program

The French space program includes both civil and military spaceflight activities.

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Fuji (spacecraft)

Fuji (ふじ) was a manned spacecraft of the space capsule kind, proposed by Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) Advanced mission Research center in December 2001.

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Fyodor Yurchikhin

Fyodor Nikolayevich Yurchikhin (Greek: Θεόδωρος Γιουρτσίχιν του Νικόλαου; born 3 January 1959), is a Russian cosmonaut of Greek descent, engineer and RSC Energia test-pilot who has flown on five spaceflights.

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Ganymede (moon)

Ganymede (Jupiter III) is the largest and most massive moon of Jupiter and in the Solar System.

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General antiparticle spectrometer

General antiparticle spectrometer (GAPS) is a planned experiment that will use a high-altitude balloon flying in Antarctica to look for antideuteron particles from outer space cosmic rays, in an effort to search for dark matter.

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Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre

The Ghana Space Science and Technology Centre (GSSTC) was opened officially on 2 May 2012 as Ghana’s first space science, space exploration, astronomy and technology space agency.

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GhanaSat-1

GhanaSat-1 is the first Ghanaian satellite to be launched into space.

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Gill (lunar crater)

Gill is a lunar impact crater that is located near the southeastern limb of the Moon.

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Glaciers of Bhutan

The glaciers of Bhutan, which covered about 10 percent of the total surface area in the 1980s, are an important renewable source of water for Bhutan's rivers.

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Glenn White

Glenn J. White is Professor of Astronomy at the Open University, UK, and Research Group Leader of the Astronomy Group at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.

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Global Change Observation Mission

GCOM (Global Change Observation Mission), is a JAXA project of long-term observation of Earth environmental changes.

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Global commons

Global commons is a term typically used to describe international, supranational, and global resource domains in which common-pool resources are found.

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Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations

The Global Educational Network for Satellite Operations (GENSO) is forming by a worldwide network of ground stations and spacecraft which can interact via a software standard.

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Global Precipitation Measurement

Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) or Global Precipitation Index (GPI) is a joint mission between JAXA and NASA as well as other international space agencies to make frequent (every 2–3 hours) observations of Earth’s precipitation.

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Google Lunar X Prize

The Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP), sometimes referred to as Moon 2.0, was a 2007–2018 inducement prize space competition organized by the X Prize Foundation, and sponsored by Google.

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Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite

The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSat), also known as, is an Earth observation satellite and the world's first satellite dedicated to greenhouse-gas-monitoring.

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Ground segment

A ground segment consists of all the ground-based elements of a spacecraft system used by operators and support personnel, as opposed to the space segment and user segment.

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GX (rocket)

GX was a design for an expendable launch system intended to compete in the commercial satellite launch sector.

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H-II Transfer Vehicle

The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), also called, is an automated cargo spacecraft used to resupply the ''Kibō'' Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) and the International Space Station (ISS).

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H-IIA

H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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H-IIB

H-IIB (H2B) is an expendable launch system used to launch H-II Transfer Vehicles (HTV, or Kounotori) towards the International Space Station.

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H3 (rocket)

The H3 Launch Vehicle is an expendable launch system in development in Japan.

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Hatoyama, Saitama

is a town located in Saitama Prefecture, in the central Kantō region of Japan.

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Hatsune Miku

, sometimes referred to as Miku Hatsune, is the name of a Vocaloid software voicebank developed by Crypton Future Media and its official moe anthropomorphism, a 16-year-old girl with long, turquoise twintails.

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Hayabusa

No description.

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Hayabusa Mk2

was a proposed Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) space mission aimed at visiting a small primitive asteroid and returning a sample to Earth for laboratory analysis.

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Hayabusa2

Hayabusa2 is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA.

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Hayato (satellite)

Hayato, known before launch as KSAT, or the Kagoshima Satellite, is a Japanese satellite which was launched in May 2010.

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High-altitude balloon

High-altitude balloons are manned or unmanned balloons, usually filled with helium or hydrogen and rarely methane, that are released into the stratosphere, generally attaining between.

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High-altitude platform station

High-altitude platform station (short: HAPS) is – according to Article 1.66A of the International Telecommunication Union´s (ITU) ITU Radio Regulations (RR) – defined as "a station on an object at an altitude of 20 to 50 km and at a specified, nominal, fixed point relative to the Earth".

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Hinode

Hinode (ひので,, Sunrise), formerly Solar-B, is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Solar mission with United States and United Kingdom collaboration.

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Hisaki (satellite)

Hisaki, also known as the Spectroscopic Planet Observatory for Recognition of Interaction of Atmosphere (SPRINT-A) is a Japanese ultraviolet astronomy satellite operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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Hitomi (satellite)

, also known as ASTRO-H and New X-ray Telescope (NeXT), was an X-ray astronomy satellite commissioned by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for studying extremely energetic processes in the Universe.

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HOPE-X

HOPE was a Japanese experimental spaceplane project designed by a partnership between NASDA and NAL (both now part of JAXA), started in the 1980s.

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HTV-1

HTV-1, also known as the HTV Demonstration Flight or HTV Technical Demonstration Vehicle, was the first Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) H-II Transfer Vehicle, launched in September 2009 to resupply the International Space Station and support the JAXA Kibo (きぼう, Kibō?, Hope) laboratory or JEM.

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Human mission to Mars

A human mission to Mars has been the subject of science fiction, aerospace engineering, and scientific proposals since the 19th century.

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Human spaceflight

Human spaceflight (also referred to as crewed spaceflight or manned spaceflight) is space travel with a crew or passengers aboard the spacecraft.

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Humanitarian response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan received messages of condolence and offers of assistance from a range of international leaders.

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Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene

Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) is an oligomer of butadiene terminated at each end with a hydroxyl functional group.

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IKAROS

IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) experimental spacecraft.

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Independent Administrative Institution

An Incorporated Administrative Agency, or in lay terms Independent Administrative Corporation or Independent Administrative Institution (独立行政法人, Dokuritsu gyōsei hōjin or Dokugyo in abbreviation), is a type of legal body for organizations of the Japanese government regulated by the Basic Law on Reforming Government Ministries under the Act on General Rules for incorporated Administrative Agencies (Law No. 103 of 1999, modified in 2014).

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Index of Japan-related articles (J)

This page lists Japan-related articles with romanized titles beginning with the letter J. For names of people, please list by surname (i.e., "Tarō Yamada" should be listed under "Y", not "T").

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Indian Space Research Organisation

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is the space agency of the Government of India headquartered in the city of Bangalore.

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Infrared Space Observatory

The Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) was a space telescope for infrared light designed and operated by the European Space Agency (ESA), in cooperation with ISAS (part of JAXA as of 2003) and NASA.

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Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

(ISAS) is a Japanese national research organization of astrophysics using rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes which played a major role in Japan's space development.

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Int-Ball

The Int-Ball, also known as the JEM Internal Ball Camera, is an experimental, autonomous, self-propelled, and maneuverable ball camera which is deployed in the Japanese Kibō module of the International Space Station.

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Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee

The Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) is an inter-governmental forum whose aim is to co-ordinate efforts to deal with debris in orbit around the Earth founded in 1993.

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Interbol

Interbol (Интербол) is an international space project under the leadership of the Russian Space Agency and the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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International Charter 'Space and Major Disasters'

The International Charter "Space and Major Disasters" is a non-binding charter which provides for the charitable and humanitarian retasked acquisition of and transmission of space satellite data to relief organizations in the event of major disasters.

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International Docking System Standard

The International Docking System Standard (IDSS), is an international standard for spacecraft docking adapters.

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International Lunar Network

The International Lunar Network or ILN is a proposed network of a series of landed stations of the United States and the other space-faring countries on the lunar surface in the 2010s.

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International Planetary Data Alliance

The International Planetary Data Alliance (IPDA), founded in 2006, is a closely cooperating partnership to maintain the quality and performance of data (including data formats) from planetary research using instruments in space.

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International Space Apps Challenge

"The International Space Apps Challenge is an international mass collaboration focused on space exploration that takes place over 48-hours in cities around the world.

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International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit.

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International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board

The International Space Station Multilateral Coordination Board (MCB) is the highest-level cooperative body in the International Space Station programme.

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International Space Station program

The International Space Station program is tied together by a complex set of legal, political and financial agreements between the fifteen nations involved in the project, governing ownership of the various components, rights to crewing and utilization, and responsibilities for crew rotation and station resupply.

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International Traffic in Arms Regulations

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) is a United States regulatory regime to restrict and control the export of defense and military related technologies to safeguard U.S. national security and further U.S. foreign policy objectives.

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International X-ray Observatory

The International X-ray Observatory (IXO) is a cancelled X-ray telescope that was to be launched in 2021 as a joint effort by NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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Interplanetary mission

An interplanetary mission is a voyage or trip through outer space involving more than one planet.

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Interplanetary spaceflight

Interplanetary spaceflight or interplanetary travel is travel between planets, usually within a single planetary system.

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Ion-beam shepherd

An ion-beam shepherd (IBS) is a concept in which the orbit and/or attitude of a spacecraft or a generic orbiting body is modified by having a beam of quasi-neutral plasma impinging against its surface to create a force and/or a torque on the target.

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Irazú (satellite)

Irazú is the first Costa Rican satellite to be launched into space.

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J-I

The J-I was a Solid-fuel rocket expendable launch vehicle developed by the National Space Development Agency of Japan and the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science.

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January 7

No description.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japan and weapons of mass destruction

Beginning in the mid-1930s, Japan conducted numerous attempts to acquire and develop weapons of mass destruction.

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Japan Space Systems

The was a Japanese space agency, which was founded by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1986.

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Japan's space development

Japan's space exploration originated in the mid-1950s as a research group led by Hideo Itokawa at the University of Tokyo.

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Japanese Lunar Exploration Program

The (Japanese) Lunar Exploration Program (月探査計画), is a program of robotic and human missions to the Moon undertaken by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and its division, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS).

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Japanese reaction to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

The Japanese reaction occurred after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

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JCSAT-1

JCSAT-1 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-393 platform.

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JCSAT-2

JCSAT-2 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-393 platform.

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Jean-Jacques Dordain

Jean-Jacques Dordain (born April 14, 1946) was Director General of the European Space Agency between 2003 and 2015.

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JEM-EUSO

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO) is the first space mission concept devoted to the investigation of cosmic rays and neutrinos of extreme energy.

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JERS-1

Japanese Earth Resources Satellite 1 (JERS-1) was a satellite launched in 1992 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (at that time also known as "NASDA", now "JAXA").

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Joseph Anokye

Joseph Anokye is a Ghanaian geodetic engineer and technology manager.

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Jupiter (spacecraft)

Jupiter is a proposed space tug spacecraft concept by Lockheed Martin, which was initially conceptualized as a 2015 bid proposal to NASA for an International Space Station cargo resupply services contract.

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Jupiter Magnetospheric Orbiter

The Jupiter Magnetospheric Orbiter (木星磁気圏オービター, JMO) is a cancelled space probe proposed by the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), to undertake detailed in situ studies of the magnetosphere of Jupiter as a template for an astrophysical magnetised disk.

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K'àak' Chi'

K'àak' Chi' (“Mouth of Fire”) is a hypothetical archaeological site of the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, proposed by William Gadoury of Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Quebec in 2016.

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K-line (x-ray)

The K-line is a spectral peak in astronomical spectrometry used, along with the L-line, to observe and describe the light spectrum of stars.

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Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu.

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Kakuda Space Center

is a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), located in the city of Kakuda in Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, specializing in the development and testing of rocket engines and space propulsion systems.

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Kakuda, Miyagi

is a city located in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.

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Kankoh-maru

The is the name of a proposed vertical takeoff and landing (VTVL), single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO), reusable launch system (rocket-powered spacecraft).

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Kawasaki Aerospace Company

is the aerospace division of Kawasaki Heavy Industries.

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Kawasaki Heavy Industries

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of motorcycles, heavy equipment, aerospace and defense equipment, rolling stock and ships.

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Keiji Tachikawa

is the president of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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Kellie Gerardi

Kellie Gerardi is a commercial spaceflight industry professional and popular science communicator.

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Kibo (ISS module)

The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM), nicknamed, is a Japanese science module for the International Space Station (ISS) developed by JAXA.

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Kimiya Yui

is a Japanese astronaut from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Kiritimati

Kiritimati, or Christmas Island, is a Pacific Ocean raised coral atoll in the northern Line Islands.

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Kirobo

Kirobo is Japan's first robot astronaut, developed by University of Tokyo and Tomotaka Takahashi, to accompany Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station.

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Kliper

Kliper (Клипер, English: Clipper) was an early-2000s proposed partly- reusable manned spacecraft concept by RSC Energia.

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Koichi Wakata

is a Japanese engineer and a JAXA astronaut.

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Kounotori 2

Kounotori 2 (こうのとり2号機, "white stork"), also known as HTV-2, was launched in January 2011 and was the second Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).

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Kounotori 3

Kounotori 3 (こうのとり3号機; English: "white stork"), also known as HTV-3, is the third Japanese H-II Transfer Vehicle.

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Kounotori 4

Kounotori 4, also known as HTV-4, was the fourth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo spacecraft launched in August 2013 to resupply the International Space Station.

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Kounotori 5

Kounotori 5, also known as HTV-5, is the fifth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an uncrewed cargo spacecraft launched to resupply the International Space Station.

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Kounotori 6

, also known as HTV-6, is the sixth flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo spacecraft launched to resupply the International Space Station.

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Kounotori 7

, also known as HTV-7 will be the seventh flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), an unmanned cargo spacecraft set to launch on 16 August 2018 to resupply the International Space Station.

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Kounotori 8

, also known as HTV-8 will be the 8th flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo spacecraft set to launch on February 2019 to resupply the International Space Station.

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Kounotori 9

, also known as HTV-9 will be the 9th flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an unmanned cargo spacecraft set to launch in 2020 to resupply the International Space Station.

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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3

Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 (English: Bright Star-3 or Lode Star-3) was a North Korean Earth observation satellite, which according to the DPRK was for weather forecast purposes, and whose launch was widely portrayed in the West to be a veiled ballistic missile test.

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Lagrangian point

In celestial mechanics, the Lagrangian points (also Lagrange points, L-points, or libration points) are positions in an orbital configuration of two large bodies, wherein a small object, affected only by the gravitational forces from the two larger objects, will maintain its position relative to them.

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Lalith Gamage

Lalith Gamage, MBCS, MIEE is a Sri Lankan academic.

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Lander (spacecraft)

A lander is a spacecraft which descends toward and comes to rest on the surface of an astronomical body.

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LE-7

The LE-7 and its succeeding upgrade model the LE-7A are staged combustion cycle LH2/LOX liquid rocket engines produced in Japan for the H-II series of launch vehicles.

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LE-9

The LE-9 is a liquid cryogenic rocket engine burning liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen in an expander bleed cycle.

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Lego Space

Lego Space is a Lego theme that features astronauts, spaceships, and extraterrestrial life.

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Lenovo

Lenovo Group Ltd. or Lenovo PC International, often shortened to Lenovo (formerly stylized as lenovo), is a Chinese multinational technology company with headquarters in Beijing, China and Morrisville, North Carolina.

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Lessons learned

Lessons learned or lessons learnt are experiences distilled from a project that should be actively taken into account in future projects.

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List of active Solar System probes

This is a list of active space probes which have escaped Earth orbit.

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List of artificial objects in heliocentric orbit

Below is a list of artificial objects in heliocentric orbit.

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List of astronomy acronyms

This is a compilation of initialisms and acronyms commonly used in astronomy.

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List of cosmonauts

This is a list of cosmonauts who have taken part in the missions of the Soviet space program and the Russian Federal Space Agency, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities.

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List of crewed spacecraft

This is a list of crewed spacecraft types, including space stations, sorted by status, nation and series in chronological order.

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List of CubeSats

The following is a list of CubeSats, nanosatellites used primarily by universities for research missions, typically in low Earth orbits.

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List of Earth flybys

List of Earth flybys is a list of cases where spacecraft incidentally performed Earth flybys, typically for a gravity assist to another body.

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List of Earth observation satellites

Partial list of Earth observation satellites by series/program.

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List of European Space Agency programs and missions

The European Space Agency (ESA) operates a number of missions, both operational and scientific, including collaborations with other national space administrations such as the Japanese JAXA, the French CNES, the American NASA, and the Chinese CNSA.

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List of fictional astronauts (exploration of inner Solar System)

The following is a list of fictional astronauts exploring the inner Solar System.

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List of fictional astronauts (futuristic exploration of Moon)

The following is a list of fictional astronauts on moonbases and performing other feats of lunar exploration not yet achieved.

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List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 1975–1989)

The following is a list of fictional astronauts from recent times, mostly using the Space Shuttle, as depicted in works released between 1975 and 1989.

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List of fictional astronauts (modern period, works released 2000–2009)

The following is a list of fictional astronauts from recent times, mostly using the Space Shuttle and International Space Station, as depicted in works released between 2000 and 2009.

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List of government space agencies

This is a list of government agencies engaged in activities related to outer space and space exploration.

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List of H-I and H-II launches

This is a list of launches made by JAXA using H-I, H-II, H-IIA, and H-IIB rockets.

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List of human spaceflight programs

This is a list of human spaceflight programs, including successful programs, programs that were canceled, and programs planned for the future.

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List of Independent Administrative Institutes in Japan

List of Incorporated Administrative Agencies in Japan identifies a number of semi-official entities which operate independently from its bureaucracy.

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List of International Space Station crew

This is a list of crew to the International Space Station (ISS), in alphabetical order.

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List of International Space Station spacewalks

International Space Station spacewalks are major events in the building and maintaining of the orbital laboratory.

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List of International Space Station visitors

This is a list of all of the visitors to the International Space Station (ISS), including long-term crew, short-term visitors, and space tourists, in alphabetical order.

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List of Japanese inventions and discoveries

This is a list of Japanese inventions and discoveries.

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List of Kamen Rider Fourze characters

is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in the Kamen Rider Series, written by Kazuki Nakashima.

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List of Kamen Rider Fourze episodes

This is a list of episodes of the 2011-2012 Kamen Rider Series Kamen Rider Fourze.

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List of lunar probes

This is a list of space probes that have flown by, impacted, orbited or landed on the Moon for the purpose of lunar exploration, as well as probes launched toward the Moon that failed to reach their target.

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List of minor planets and comets visited by spacecraft

The following tables list all minor planets and comets that have been visited by spacecraft.

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List of missions to Mars

There are a number of derelict orbiters around Mars whose location is not known precisely; there is a proposal to search for small moons, dust rings, and old orbiters with the Optical Navigation Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

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List of missions to the Moon

As part of human exploration of the Moon, numerous space missions have been undertaken to study Earth's natural satellite.

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List of missions to Venus

This is a list of space missions to the planet Venus.

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List of museums in Tokyo

The following is a list of museums and art galleries in Tokyo.

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List of NASA missions

This is a list of NASA missions, both manned and unmanned, since its establishment in 1958.

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List of objects at Lagrangian points

This is a list of known objects which occupy, have occupied, or are planned to occupy any of the five Lagrangian points of two-body systems in space.

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List of proposed space observatories

This list contains proposals for space telescopes, space-based (situated in space) astronomical observatories.

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List of Robotics;Notes episodes

Robotics;Notes is an anime television series adapted from the visual novel by 5pb. and Nitroplus.

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List of Solar System probes

This is a list of space probes that have left Earth orbit (or were launched with that intention but failed), organized by their planned destination.

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List of Space Brothers episodes

is a 2012 Japanese anime television series produced by A-1 Pictures based on the original manga series by Chūya Koyama.

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List of space stations

A space station is a manned satellite designed to remain in low Earth orbit for a long period of time.

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List of space telescopes

This list of space telescopes (astronomical space observatories) is grouped by major frequency ranges: gamma ray, x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, microwave and radio.

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List of spaceflights to the International Space Station

Timeline of spacecraft on orbit for the International Space Station.

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List of spacewalks 2000–2014

This list contains all spacewalks performed between 12 May 2000 and 22 October 2014 where an astronaut fully or partially left a spacecraft.

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List of Thor and Delta launches (1990–99)

Between 1990 and 1999, there were 89 Thor-based rockets launched, of which 85 were successful, giving a 95.5% success rate.

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List of Twin Spica episodes

The Japanese science fiction manga series, written and illustrated by Kou Yaginuma, was adapted into a 20-episode anime series in 2003 and a 7-episode live-action series in 2009.

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List of University of Houston people

The list of University of Houston people includes notable alumni, former students, and faculty of the University of Houston.

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List of unmanned spacecraft by program

Here is an incomplete list of all unmanned spacecraft categorized by program.

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List of Young Global Leaders

This is a list of notable members of the Forum of Young Global Leaders by their year of induction.

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Lockheed Martin X-33

The Lockheed Martin X-33 was an unmanned, sub-scale technology demonstrator suborbital spaceplane developed in the 1990s under the U.S. government-funded Space Launch Initiative program.

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Low-energy transfer

A low-energy transfer, or low-energy trajectory, is a route in space that allows spacecraft to change orbits using very little fuel.

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Luna 25

Luna 25 (Luna-Glob lander Luna-27. The Planetary Society.) is a planned lunar lander mission by the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos).

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Lunar Flashlight

The Lunar Flashlight is a planned low-cost CubeSat lunar orbiter mission to explore, locate, and estimate size and composition of water ice deposits on the Moon for future exploitation by robots or humans.

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Lunar IceCube

Lunar IceCube is a planned NASA nanosatellite mission to prospect, locate, and estimate size and composition of water ice deposits on the Moon for future exploitation by robots or humans.

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Lunar Lander Challenge

The Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge was a competition funded by NASA's Centennial Challenges program.

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Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway

The Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway (LOP-G) is a planned lunar-orbit space station, that will have a power and propulsion system, a small habitat for the crew, a docking capability, an airlock, and logistics modules.

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Lunar outpost (NASA)

A lunar outpost was an element of the George W. Bush era Vision for Space Exploration, which has been replaced with President Barack Obama's space policy.

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Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper

Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or LunaH-Map, is one of 13 CubeSats planned to be launched with Exploration Mission 1 in 2019.

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Lunar-A

LUNAR-A is a cancelled Japanese spacecraft project that was originally scheduled to be launched in August 2004.

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M-V

The M-V rocket, also called M-5 or Mu-5, was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.

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Mamoru Mohri

, AM is a Japanese scientist, a former NASDA astronaut, and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.

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Manufacturing in Japan

Japan's major export industries include automobiles, consumer electronics (see Electronics industry in Japan), computers, semiconductors, copper, iron and steel.

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Marc Reagan

Marcum "Marc" Reagan (born c. 1967) is a Station Training Lead in Mission Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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Marco Polo (spacecraft)

Marco Polo was a proposed space mission concept studied between 2005 and 2015 that would return a sample of material to Earth from the surface of a Near Earth asteroid (NEA) for detailed study in laboratories.

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Mars sample return mission

A Mars sample return mission (MSR) would be a spaceflight mission to collect rock and dust samples from Mars and to return them to Earth.

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Mars Terahertz Microsatellite

The Mars Terahertz Microsatellite is a planned spacecraft that will be carrying a terahertz sensor to the surface of Mars to measure the oxygen isotope ratios of various molecules in the Martian atmosphere.

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Martian Moons Exploration

The Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) is a robotic space probe set for launch in 2024 to bring back the first samples from Mars' largest moon Phobos.

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Masten Space Systems

Masten Space Systems is an aerospace manufacturer startup company in Mojave, California (formerly Santa Clara, California) that is developing a line of vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) rockets, initially for unmanned research sub-orbital spaceflights and eventually intended to support unmanned orbital spaceflight launches.

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MAXI (ISS Experiment)

The Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI) is an X-ray slit camera aboard the International Space Station.

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May 21

No description.

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MBB/Kawasaki BK 117

The MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 is a twin-engined medium utility–transport helicopter.

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MDS-1

Mission Demonstration Satellite 1 "Tsubasa" (MDS-1) was a Japanese technology test mission.

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Meanings of minor planet names: 100001–101000

007 | 100007 Peters || || Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813–1890) was a German-American astronomer and a prolific discoverer of asteroids visually.

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Meanings of minor planet names: 10001–11000

004 | 10004 Igormakarov || || Igor' Mikhajlovich Makarov (born 1927) is known for his research on nonlinear and adaptive systems, artificial intelligence and the choice and acceptance of decisions.

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Meanings of minor planet names: 18001–19000

055 | 18055 Fernhildebrandt || || Fern C. Hildebrandt (born 1927) instilled and cultivated an interest in astronomy in codiscoverer Gary Hug at a very early age.

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Meanings of minor planet names: 22001–23000

032 | 22032 Mikekoop || || Michael Walter Koop (born 1961), long-time president of the San Jose (California) Astronomical Association, is an electrical engineer by profession.

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MELOS

MELOS (Mars Exploration of Life and Organism Search) is a Japanese rover mission concept under study for an engineering demonstration of precision landing, and to look for possible biosignatures on Mars using a rover.

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Mercury (planet)

Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.

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Mercury's magnetic field

Mercury's magnetic field is approximately a magnetic dipole (meaning the field has only two magnetic poles) apparently global, on planet Mercury.

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Mesosphere

The mesosphere (from Greek mesos "middle" and sphaira "sphere") is the layer of the Earth's atmosphere that is directly above the stratosphere and directly below the thermosphere.

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Midori

Midori (みどり, ミドリ, 緑, 翠) is the Japanese word for "green" and may refer to.

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Minamitane, Kagoshima

is a town located on Tanegashima, in Kumage District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Minus Eighty Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS

The Minus Eighty-Degree Laboratory Freezer for ISS (MELFI) is a European-built experiment storage freezer for the International Space Station.

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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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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Mitsubishi MH2000

The Mitsubishi MH 2000 is a 7/12 seat light utility helicopter.

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Miura fold

The is a method of folding a flat surface such as a sheet of paper into a smaller area.

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Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre

The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC), encompassing the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) is a Dubai government organisation working on the UAE space program which includes various space satellite projects and the Emirates Mars Mission.

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Moon

The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.

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Moon in fiction

The Moon has been the subject of many works of art and literature and the inspiration for countless others.

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Moon landing conspiracy theories

Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations.

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Mount Nyukasa

is a mountain located on the northernmost edge of the Akaishi Mountains (also known as the Southern Alps), in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.

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Mu (rocket family)

The Mu, also known as M, was a series of Japanese solid-fuelled carrier rockets, which were launched from Uchinoura between 1966 and 2006.

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Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku

is a satirical mahjong manga by Hideki Ohwada.

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NanoRacks

NanoRacks LLC is a private company that develops products and offers services for the commercial utilization of space.

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NanoRacks Airlock Module

The NanoRacks Airlock Module is a commercially-funded airlock module intended to be launched to the International Space Station on SpaceX CRS-19 in 2019.

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NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer

The NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer (NRCSD) is a device to deploy CubeSats into orbit from the International Space Station.

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Naoko Yamazaki

is a former Japanese astronaut at JAXA, the second Japanese woman to qualify for the program.

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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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NASA Social

NASA has hosted many events for its social media enthusiasts called NASA Socials (formerly NASA Tweetups) beginning in 2009.

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National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan

The National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL) was established in July 1955.

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National Space Development Agency of Japan

The of Japan, or NASDA, was a Japanese national space agency established on October 1, 1969 under the National Space Development Agency Law only for peaceful purposes.

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National Space Organization

The National Space Organization (NSPO; formerly known as the National Space Program Office) is the national civilian space agency of Taiwan under the auspices of the ROC (Taiwan) Ministry of Science and Technology.

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National Space Society

The National Space Society (NSS) is an American international nonprofit 501(c)(3) educational and scientific organization specializing in space advocacy.

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Near-Earth Asteroid Scout

The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout) is a planned mission by NASA to develop a controllable low-cost CubeSat solar sail spacecraft capable of encountering near-Earth asteroids (NEA).

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Near-Earth object

A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar System body whose orbit can bring it into proximity with Earth.

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NEC V60

NEC V60 is a CISC microprocessor once manufactured by NEC started in 1986.

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NEEMO

NEEMO, an acronym for NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, is a NASA analog mission that sends groups of astronauts, engineers and scientists to live in Aquarius underwater laboratory, the world's only undersea research station, for up to three weeks at a time in preparation for future space exploration.

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Negai (satellite)

is a Japanese satellite which launched in May 2010.

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Netherlands Space Office

The Netherlands Space Office (NSO) is a space-exploration governmental agency of the Netherlands.

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Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory

The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) is an astronaut training facility and neutral buoyancy pool operated by NASA and located at the Sonny Carter Training Facility, near the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

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NewSpace

NewSpace—formerly alt.space; also new space, entrepreneurial space, astropreneurship, and commercial space—are umbrella terms for a movement and philosophy encompassing a globally emerging, private spaceflight industry.

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Next Generation Supersonic Transport

The Next Generation Supersonic Transport is a supersonic transport (SST) being developed by the Japanese Space Agency JAXA.

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Norishige Kanai

is a Japanese doctor and JAXA astronaut.

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North Aral Sea

The North Aral Sea (Солтүстік Арал теңізі, Северное Аральское море) is the portion of the former Aral Sea that is fed by the Syr Darya River.

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Noshiro Rocket Testing Center

The is a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), located on the coast of the Sea of Japan in the city of Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, Japan.

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Nozomi (spacecraft)

Nozomi (のぞみ) (Japanese for "Wish" or "Hope," and known before launch as Planet-B) was a planned and launched Mars-orbiting aeronomy probe.

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Observations and explorations of Venus

Observations of the planet Venus include those in antiquity, telescopic observations, and from visiting spacecraft.

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Ohsumi (satellite)

Ōsumi (or Ohsumi) is the name of the first Japanese satellite put into orbit, named after the Ōsumi Province in the southern islands of Japan.

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OICETS

The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS), also called Kirari, is an experimental satellite launched by JAXA to demonstrate interorbital communication between satellites through optical (laser) means.

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OKEANOS

OKEANOS (Outsized Kite-craft for Exploration and Astronautics in the Outer Solar System) is a proposed mission concept to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids using a hybrid solar sail for propulsion; the sail is covered with thin solar panels to power an ion engine.

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OMOTENASHI

OMOTENASHI (Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor) is a small spacecraft and semi-hard lander of the 6U CubeSat format that will demonstrate low-cost technology to land and explore the lunar surface.

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One thousand origami cranes

is a group of one thousand held together by strings.

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Orbiting Binary Black Hole Investigation Satellite

Orbiting Binary Black Hole Investigation Satellite (ORBIS) is a small space telescope still in development by Japan that will study binary black holes in the X-ray region.

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Outline of astronomy

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to astronomy: Astronomy – studies the universe beyond Earth, including its formation and development, and the evolution, physics, chemistry, meteorology, and motion of celestial objects (such as galaxies, planets, etc.) and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth (such as the cosmic background radiation).

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Outline of Japan

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Japan: Japan – an island nation in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean.

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Outline of space exploration

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to space exploration: Space exploration – use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.

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Paper plane

A paper plane, paper aeroplane (UK), paper airplane (US), paper glider, paper dart or dart is a toy aircraft, usually a glider made out of folded paper or paperboard.

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Paper plane launched from space

Japanese scientists and origami masters considered in 2008 launching a flotilla of paper planes from space.

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Patrick Michel

Patrick Michel (born 25 February 1970 in Saint-Tropez, France) is a French planetary scientist, Senior Researcher at CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), leader of the team TOP (Theories and Observations in Planetology) of the Lagrange Laboratory at the Côte d'Azur Observatory in Nice (France).

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Peak of eternal light

A peak of eternal light (PEL) is a hypothetical point on the surface of an astronomical body that is always in sunlight.

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Perth International Telecommunications Centre

The Perth International Telecommunications Centre (PITC) is located in the northeastern Perth suburb of Cullacabardee, and has handled a large percentage of Australian telecommunications company Telstra's satellite communications since its opening in November 1986.

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Phobos (moon)

Phobos (systematic designation) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos.

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Planetary Missions Program Office

The Planetary Missions Program Office is a division of NASA headquartered at the Marshall Space Flight Center, formed by the agency's Science Mission Directorate (SMD).

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Planetary science

Planetary science or, more rarely, planetology, is the scientific study of planets (including Earth), moons, and planetary systems (in particular those of the Solar System) and the processes that form them.

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Planetes

is a Japanese hard science fiction manga written and illustrated by Makoto Yukimura.

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Politics of the International Space Station

Politics of the International Space Station begins with the 1972 milestone in co-operation between the United States and the Soviet Union in space, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project.

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PowerFilm

PowerFilm, Inc. is a manufacturer of flexible thin film solar photovoltaic (PV) modules, or solar panels, based in Ames, Iowa and is a provider of solar products for industrial, consumer and military remote power applications.

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Precooled jet engine

A precooled jet engine is a concept for high speed jet engines that features a cryogenic fuel-cooled heat exchanger immediately after the air intake to precool the air entering the engine.

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PROCYON

PROCYON (Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation) was an asteroid flyby space probe that was launched together with Hayabusa2 on 4 December 2014 13:22:04 (JST).

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Progress (spacecraft)

The Progress (Прогресс) is a Russian expendable cargo spacecraft.

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Progress M-11M

Progress M-11M (italic), identified by NASA as Progress 43 or 43P, is a Progress spacecraft which was launched on June 21, 2011 to resupply the International Space Station.

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Project VR-190

VR-190 (Vysotnaya Raketa, literally, high-altitude rocket) was the first draft of human launch on a rocket into suborbital space flight on a ballistic trajectory at USSR between 1940s and 1950s.

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Quad (rocket)

In rocketry, the Armadillo Aerospace Quad vehicle called Pixel is a computer-controlled VTVL rocket that was used in 2006 to compete in the Lunar Lander Challenge.

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Quasi-Zenith Satellite System

The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) (or in Japanese) is a project of the Japanese government for the development of a four-satellite regional time transfer system and a satellite-based augmentation system for the United States operated Global Positioning System (GPS) to be receivable in the Asia-Oceania regions, with a focus on Japan.

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Radiation pressure

Radiation pressure is the pressure exerted upon any surface due to the exchange of momentum between the object and the electromagnetic field.

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Reimei

Reimei ('Dawn') is the in-flight name for a small Japanese satellite known during development as INDEX (INnovative-technology Demonstration Experiment), developed in-house at JAXA both to serve as a demonstration of small-satellite technologies (particularly high-performance and high-accuracy attitude control) and to perform simultaneous optical and charged-particle observation of the aurora.

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Reusable Vehicle Testing

The Reusable Vehicle Testing (RVT) project was conducted by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) from 1998 until 2003.

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Richard R. Arnold

Richard Robert "Ricky" Arnold II (born November 26, 1963 in Cheverly, Maryland) is an American educator and a NASA astronaut.

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Robonaut

A robonaut is a humanoid robotic development project conducted by the Dextrous Robotics Laboratory at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas.

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Robotics;Notes

Robotics;Notes is a visual novel video game developed by 5pb. It is the third main game in the Science Adventure series, following Chaos;Head and Steins;Gate, and is described by the developers as an "Augmented Science Adventure".

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Rocket Girls

is a light novel written by Hōsuke Nojiri.

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Roscosmos

The Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities (Государственная корпорация по космической деятельности «Роскосмос»), commonly known as Roscosmos (Роскосмос), is a state corporation responsible for the space flight and cosmonautics program for the Russian Federation.

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Rosetta (spacecraft)

Rosetta was a space probe built by the European Space Agency launched on 2 March 2004.

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S-Series (rocket family)

S-Series is a fleet of sounding rockets funded by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) that have been in service since the late 1960s.

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SAFARI imaging spectrometer

The SAFARI imaging spectrometer is the European ‘nerve center’ of Japanese infrared telescope SPICA (Space Infra-Red Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics telescope) and is being developed under the leadership of SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research.

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Sagamihara Campus

Sagamihara Campus is a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Sakigake

, known before launch as MS-T5, was Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft, and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the USA or the Soviet Union.

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Sample-return mission

A sample-return mission is a spacecraft mission with the goal of collecting and returning with tangible samples from an extraterrestrial location to Earth for analysis.

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Samuel Wagan Watson

Samuel Wagan Watson (born 1972) is a contemporary Indigenous Australian poet.

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Sandra Magnus

Sandra Hall Magnus (born October 30, 1964) is an American engineer and a former NASA astronaut.

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Sarah Jane Pell

Sarah Jane Pell (born 30 December 1974) is an Australian artist, researcher and occupational diver.

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Satoshi Furukawa

is a Japanese surgeon and JAXA astronaut.

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Science Adventure

Science Adventure is a series of science fiction visual novel video games developed by 5pb., Nitroplus, and Chiyomaru Studio.

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Science and technology in Japan

Science and technology in Japan is mostly focused and prominent in consumer electronics, robotics and the automotive industry.

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SDS-1

The Small Demonstration Satellite (SDS) is a spacecraft or satellite which is built as part of a JAXA programme to develop and demonstrate technology for and through small satellites.

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SDS-4

SDS-4 (Small Demonstration Satellite 4) is a small satellite (50 cm cube with mass of 50 kg) developed by JAXA and to be launched as a secondary payload on the Shizuku mission in mid-2012.

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Seiun Award

The is a Japanese speculative fiction award for the best science fiction works and achievements during the preceding year.

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SELENE

SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), better known in Japan by its nickname, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft following the Hiten probe.

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SELENE-2

SELENE-2, or the Selenological and Engineering Explorer 2, is a planned Japanese robotic spacecraft to the Moon that will include an orbiter, a lander and a rover.

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Shin'en (spacecraft)

Shin'en, known before launch as UNITEC-1 or UNISEC Technology Experiment Carrier 1, is a Japanese student spacecraft which was intended to make a flyby of Venus in order to study the effects of interplanetary spaceflight on spacecraft computers.

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Shrinivas Kulkarni

Shrinivas Ramchandra Kulkarni (born 1956) is an astronomer born in India.

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Siding Spring Observatory

Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia, part of the Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (RSAA) at the Australian National University (ANU), incorporates the Anglo-Australian Telescope along with a collection of other telescopes owned by the Australian National University, the University of New South Wales, and other institutions.

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Silicon nitride

Silicon nitride is a chemical compound of the elements silicon and nitrogen.

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SkyFire (spacecraft)

SkyFire is a planned nanosatellite spacecraft that will fly by the Moon and collect surface spectroscopy and thermography.

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Sloan Fellows

The Sloan Fellows program is the world's first mid-career master's degree in general management and leadership initially supported by a grant from Alfred P. Sloan, the late CEO of General Motors, to his alma mater, MIT.

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Smart Lander for Investigating Moon

Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is a lunar lander being developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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Snow science

Snow science addresses how snow forms, its distribution, and processes affecting how snowpacks change over time.

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Sohla

Sohla-1 and Sohla-2 are two 50 kg small demonstration satellites in development by Japan.

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Soichi Noguchi

is a Japanese aeronautical engineer and a JAXA astronaut.

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Solar eclipse of March 9, 2016

A total solar eclipse took place on March 8–9, 2016.

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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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Solar sail

Solar sails (also called light sails or photon sails) are a proposed method of spacecraft propulsion using radiation pressure exerted by sunlight on large mirrors.

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Solar Sentinels

The Solar Sentinels was a proposed space mission to Sun.

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Solar Terrestrial Probes program

NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes program, or STP, is a series of missions focused on study the sun-Earth system.

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Sony

is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo.

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Sony α7S II

The Sony α7S II (model ILCE-7SM2) is a full-frame mirrorless camera announced by Sony on 11 September 2015.

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Sounding rocket

A sounding rocket, sometimes called a research rocket, is an instrument-carrying rocket designed to take measurements and perform scientific experiments during its sub-orbital flight.

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Soyuz MS-01

Soyuz MS-01 was a 2016 Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz MS-05

Soyuz MS-05 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 28 July 2017.

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Soyuz MS-07

Soyuz MS-07 is a Soyuz spaceflight launched on 17 December 2017 07:21 UTC.

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Soyuz MS-15

Soyuz MS-15 is a Soyuz spaceflight planned for June 2020.

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Soyuz TMA-02M

Soyuz TMA-02M was a space mission that transported three members of the Expedition 28 crew to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz TMA-03M

The Russian Soyuz TMA-03M was a spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Soyuz TMA-05M

Soyuz TMA-05M is the 114th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft.

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Soyuz TMA-09M

Soyuz TMA-09M was a Russian Soyuz mission to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz TMA-11M

Soyuz TMA-11M was a 2013 flight to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz TMA-15M

Soyuz TMA-15M was a 2014 flight to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz TMA-17

Soyuz TMA-17 was a human spaceflight mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Soyuz TMA-17M

Soyuz TMA-17M was a 2015 flight to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz TMA-19M

Soyuz TMA-19M was a 2015 Russian Soyuz spaceflight to the International Space Station.

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Soyuz TMA-20

Soyuz TMA-20 was a human spaceflight to the International Space Station (ISS) and was part of the Soyuz programme.

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Space Brothers (manga)

is a Japanese manga series by Chūya Koyama which has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Morning since December 2007.

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Space Capsule Recovery Experiment II

The Space Capsule Recovery Experiment II (commonly known as SRE-2) was an Indian re-entry demonstration experiment designed by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

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Space colonization

Space colonization (also called space settlement, or extraterrestrial colonization) is permanent human habitation off the planet Earth.

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Space debris

Space debris (also known as space junk, space waste, space trash, space litter or space garbage) is a term for the mass of defunct, artificially created objects in space, most notably in Earth orbit, such as old satellites and spent rocket stages.

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Space exploration

Space exploration is the discovery and exploration of celestial structures in outer space by means of evolving and growing space technology.

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Space Flyer Unit

The was a spacecraft which was launched by Japan on Mar.

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Space food

Space food is a type of food product created and processed for consumption by astronauts in outer space.

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Space Foundation

Space Foundation is a Colorado-based nonprofit organization that advocates for all sectors of the global space industry through space awareness activities, educational programs and major industry events.

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Space jurisdiction

Space jurisdiction, a field addressing what countries can enforce various laws in space, has become more important as the private sector enters the field of space tourism.

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Space logistics

According to the AIAA Space Logistics Technical Committee, space logistics is However, this definition in its larger sense includes terrestrial logistics in support of space travel, including any additional "design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of space materiel", movement of people in space (both routine and for medical and other emergencies), and contracting and supplying any required support services for maintaining space travel.

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Space Physics Archive Search and Extract

The Space Physics Archive Search and Extract (SPASE) effort is an international consortium formed in 2001.

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Space probe

A space probe is a robotic spacecraft that does not orbit the Earth, but, instead, explores further into outer space.

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Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization

The Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization (বাংলাদেশ মহাকাশ গবেষণা ও দূর অনুধাবন কেন্দ্র Bangladesh môhakash gôbeshôna o dur ônudhabôn kendrô), or SPARRSO, is a state agency concerned with astronomical research and the application of space technology in Bangladesh.

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Space selfie

A space selfie is a selfie (self-portrait photograph typically posted on social media sites) that is taken in space.

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Space telescope

A space telescope or space observatory is an instrument located in outer space to observe distant planets, galaxies and other astronomical objects.

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Space tether

Space tethers are long cables which can be used for propulsion, momentum exchange, stabilization and attitude control, or maintaining the relative positions of the components of a large dispersed satellite/spacecraft sensor system.

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Space tether missions

A number of space tethers have been deployed in space missions.

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Space-based measurements of carbon dioxide

Space-based measurements of carbon dioxide are used to help answer questions about Earth's carbon cycle.

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Space-based solar power

Space-based solar power (SBSP) is the concept of collecting solar power in outer space and distributing it to Earth.

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Spacecraft

A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.

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Spacecraft cemetery

The phrase "spacecraft cemetery" can refer to an area in the southern Pacific Ocean southeast of Wellington, New Zealand, where spacecraft, notably the defunct space stations Mir and Tiangong-1, as well as waste-filled Progress cargo spacecraft, have been routinely deposited.

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Spaceplane

A spaceplane is an aerospace vehicle that operates as an aircraft in Earth's atmosphere, as well as a spacecraft when it is in space.

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SpaceWire

SpaceWire is a spacecraft communication network based in part on the IEEE 1355 standard of communications.

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SpaceX CRS-7

SpaceX CRS-7, also known as SpX-7, was a private American rocket Commercial Resupply Service mission to the International Space Station, contracted to NASA, which launched and failed on June 28, 2015.

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SpaceX Dragon

Dragon is a reusable spacecraft developed by SpaceX, an American private space transportation company based in Hawthorne, California.

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SPICA (spacecraft)

The Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA), initially called HII-L2 after the launch vehicle and orbit, is a proposed infrared space telescope, follow-on to the successful Akari space observatory.

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SRB-A

SRB-A is a series of Japanese solid-fueled rocket booster manufactured by IHI Corporation for use on the H-IIA, H-IIB, and Epsilon rockets.

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SSETI Express Satellite

SSETI Express was the first spacecraft to be designed and built by European students and was launched by the European Space Agency.

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Staged combustion cycle

The staged combustion cycle (sometimes known as topping cycle or preburner cycle) is a power cycle of a bipropellant rocket engine.

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Steins;Gate

Steins;Gate is a visual novel video game developed by 5pb. and Nitroplus.

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STS-114

STS-114 was the first "Return to Flight" Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

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STS-119

STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' during March 2009.

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STS-120

STS-120 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) that launched on 23 October 2007 from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.

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STS-123

STS-123 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''.

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STS-124

STS-124 was a Space Shuttle mission, flown by Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' to the International Space Station.

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STS-127

STS-127 (ISS assembly flight 2J/A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

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STS-131

STS-131 (ISS assembly flight 19A) was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

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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-47

STS-47 was the 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour.

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STS-65

STS-65 was a Space Shuttle program mission of ''Columbia'' launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, 8 July 1994.

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STS-72

STS-72 was a Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU).

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STS-83

STS-83 was a mission of the United States Space Shuttle ''Columbia''.

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STS-87

STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997.

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STS-90

STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle ''Columbia''.

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STS-92

STS-92 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle '' Discovery''.

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STS-94

STS-94 was a mission of the United States Space Shuttle Columbia, launched on 1 July 1997.

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STS-95

STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 29 October 1998, using the orbiter ''Discovery''.

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Sub-orbital spaceflight

A sub-orbital spaceflight is a spaceflight in which the spacecraft reaches space, but its trajectory intersects the atmosphere or surface of the gravitating body from which it was launched, so that it will not complete one orbital revolution.

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Subantarctic

The Subantarctic is a region in the southern hemisphere, located immediately north of the Antarctic region.

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Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array

Two instruments known as the Submillimetre Common-User Bolometer Array, or SCUBA, have been used for detecting submillimetre radiation on the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope in Hawaii.

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Suborbital spaceflight in 2008

A number of Suborbital spaceflights were conducted during 2008.

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Suborbital spaceflight in 2009

A number of Suborbital spaceflights were conducted during 2009, consisting of sounding rocket missions and missile tests.

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Suisei (spacecraft)

, originally known as Planet-A, was an unmanned space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (now part of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA).

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Sunita Williams

Sunita Pandya Williams (born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut and United States Navy officer of Indo-Slovenian descent.

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Super Low Altitude Test Satellite

SLATS, the Super Low Altitude Test Satellite, is a JAXA satellite intended to demonstrate operations in very low Earth orbit (below 200 km), using ion engines to cancel out aerodynamic drag and equipped with sensors to determine atomic oxygen density, an exposure facility to measure material degradation in the 200 km orbit, and a small camera.

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Supersonic transport

A supersonic transport (SST) is a civilian supersonic aircraft designed to transport passengers at speeds greater than the speed of sound.

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Suzaku (satellite)

Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA to probe high energy X-ray sources, such as supernova explosions, black holes and galactic clusters.

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Svalbard Satellite Station

Svalbard Satellite Station (Svalbard satelittstasjon) or SvalSat is a satellite ground station located on Platåberget near Longyearbyen in Svalbard, Norway.

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Swedish Institute of Space Physics

The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (Institutet för rymdfysik, IRF) is a Swedish government agency.

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Systems Tool Kit

Systems Tool Kit (formerly Satellite Tool Kit), often referred to by its initials STK, is a physics-based software package from Analytical Graphics, Inc. that allows engineers and scientists to perform complex analyses of ground, sea, air, and space assets, and share results in one integrated solution.

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Taiki Aerospace Research Field

Taiki Aerospace Research Field is a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.

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Takao Doi

is a Japanese astronaut and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.

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Takuya Onishi

is a Japanese astronaut selected for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in 2009.

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Tanegashima

is one of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

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Tanegashima Space Center

The (TNSC) is a Japanese space development facility.

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Tanpopo (mission)

The Tanpopo mission is an orbital astrobiology experiment investigating the potential interplanetary transfer of life, organic compounds, and possible terrestrial particles in the low Earth orbit.

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Team Miles

Team Miles is a nanosatellite of the 6-Unit CubeSat format that will demonstrate navigation in deep space using innovative plasma thrusters.

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TechEdSat

The Technological and Educational Nanosatellite, or TechEdSat, is a series of CubeSats built by San Jose State University and University of Idaho students in partnership with Ames Research Center and ÅAC Microtec.

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Teledyne e2v

Teledyne e2v (previously known as e2v) is a global manufacturer with its headquarters in England, that designs, develops and manufactures technology systems and components in healthcare, life sciences, space, transportation, defence and security and industrial markets.

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Telespazio VEGA Deutschland

Telespazio VEGA Deutschland is a European aerospace company, founded in 1978.

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Tetsuya Iwanaga (model)

is a Japanese pharmacist, male fashion model, tarento, and actor.

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TEXUS

TEXUS is a European/German sounding rocket programme, serving the microgravity programmes of ESA and DLR.

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TGK PG

TGK PG is an automated cargo spacecraft project to replace Progress-MS as the Russian logistic vehicle to the ISS.

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The Space Report

The Space Report: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity is published annually by the Space Foundation.

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Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings

Third-party evidence for Apollo Moon landings is evidence, or analysis of evidence, about Moon landings that does not come from either NASA or the U.S. government (the first party), or the Apollo Moon landing hoax theorists (the second party).

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Tiangong-1

Tiangong-1 was China's first prototype space station.

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Tianzhou (spacecraft)

The Tianzhou is a Chinese automated cargo spacecraft developed from China's first prototype space station Tiangong-1 to resupply its future modular space station.

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Timeline of snowflake research

The hexagonal snowflake, a crystalline formation of ice, has intrigued people throughout history.

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Timeline of space exploration

This is for a timeline of space exploration including notable achievements and first accomplishments or major events in humanity's exploration of outer space.

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Tokyo Station

is a railway station in the Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan.

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Tokyo University of Science

, formerly "Science University of Tokyo" or TUS, informally or simply is a private research university located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

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Total Carbon Column Observing Network

The Total Carbon Column Observing Network (TCCON) is a global network of instruments that measure the amount of carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide, nitrous oxide and other trace gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

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Town hall meeting

Town hall meetings, also referred to as town halls or town hall forums, are a way for local and national politicians to meet with their constituents, either to hear from them on topics of interest or to discuss specific upcoming legislation or regulation.

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TRICOM-1R

TRICOM-1R, also known as Tasuki is a Japanese nanosatellite that was launched during the SS-520-5 sounding rocket test launch on 3 February 2018, with a mission to conduct store and forward data relay and earth observation using a set of cameras.

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Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) was a joint space mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall.

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Tropical Storm Washi

Severe Tropical Storm Washi, known in the Philippines as Tropical Storm Sendong, was a late-season tropical cyclone that caused catastrophic damage in the Philippines in late 2011.

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TRW Inc.

TRW Inc. was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, automotive, and credit reporting.

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Tsukuba Space Center

Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) is the operations facility and headquarters for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) located in Tsukuba Science City in Ibaraki Prefecture.

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Twilight phenomena

Twilight phenomenon is produced when exhaust particles from missile or rocket propellant left in the vapor trail of a launch vehicle condenses, freezes and then expands in the less dense upper atmosphere.

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Twin Spica

is a Japanese ''seinen'' manga series written and illustrated by Kou Yaginuma.

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UBAKUSAT

UBAKUSAT is a Turkish nanosatellite that was developed by Istanbul Technical University.

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Uchinoura Space Center

The is a space launch facility close to the Japanese town of Kimotsuki, in Kagoshima Prefecture.

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US Orbital Segment

The US Orbital Segment (USOS) is the name given to the components of the International Space Station (ISS) constructed and operated by the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), European Space Agency (ESA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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Usuda Deep Space Center

Usuda Deep Space Center is a facility of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency It is a spacecraft tracking station opened in October, 1984.

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Usuda Star Dome

is a public observatory located in Saku, Nagano, Japan.

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Vocaloid

is a singing voice synthesizer software.

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VTOL

A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can hover, take off, and land vertically.

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VTVL

Vertical takeoff, vertical landing (VTVL) is a form of takeoff and landing for rockets.

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W. Timothy Liu

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Waseda-SAT2

Waseda-SAT2 is a Japanese satellite which launched in May 2010.

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White Fox

, is a Japanese animation studio.

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WINDS

WINDS (Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite, also known as Kizuna), is a Japanese communication satellite.

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X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission

The X-ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM, pronounced "charm")According to Paul Hertz, director of NASA's astrophysics division, this is because the project "does need some luck" is an X-ray astronomy satellite project of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to provide breakthroughs in the study of structure formation of the universe, outflows from galaxy nuclei, and dark matter.

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XEUS

XEUS (X-ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy) was a space observatory plan developed by the European Space Agency as a successor to the successful XMM-Newton X-ray satellite telescope.

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Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer)

was a Japanese astrophysicist and a member of the Japan Academy.

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Yohkoh

Yohkoh (ようこう, Sunbeam in Japanese), known before launch as Solar-A, was a Solar observatory spacecraft of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (Japan), in collaboration with space agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom. It was launched into Earth orbit on August 30, 1991 by the M-3S-5 rocket from Kagoshima Space Center. It took its first soft X-ray image on September 13, 1991 21:53:40, and movie representations of the X-ray corona over 1991-2001 are available at the.

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Yoshinobu Launch Complex

The Yoshinobu Launch Complex, also known as Launch Area Y, Area Y or LA-Y, is a launch complex at the Tanegashima Space Centre, located on Tanegashima, the Japanese island located 115 km south of Kyūshū.

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YouTube Space Lab

YouTube Space Lab was a 2011–2012 international science competition launched by YouTube and Lenovo, in cooperation with NASA, European Space Agency (ESA), and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

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162173 Ryugu

162173 Ryugu, provisional designation, is a near-Earth object and a potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group.

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1970 African Cup of Nations

The 1970 African Cup of Nations was the seventh edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the soccer championship of Africa (CAF).

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1985

The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.

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1995 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 1995 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

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1996 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 1996 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

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1997 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 1997 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

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1999 in spaceflight

The table below shows 208 satellite launches were made in 1999.

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1KUNS-PF

1KUNS-PF is the first Kenyan satellite to be launched into space.

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2002 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 2002 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

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2005 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 2005 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

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2006 in spaceflight

This article outlines notable events occurring in 2006 in spaceflight, including major launches and EVAs.

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2007 in Japan

Events in the year 2007 in Japan.

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2007 in spaceflight

The year 2007 contained several significant events in spaceflight, including a Chinese ASAT test, the launches of the US Phoenix and Dawn missions to study Mars and Asteroid belt respectively, Japan's Kaguya Lunar orbiter, and the first Chinese Lunar probe, Chang'e 1.

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2008 in spaceflight

The year 2008 contained several significant events in spaceflight, including the first flyby of Mercury by a spacecraft since 1975, the discovery of water ice on Mars by the Phoenix spacecraft, which landed in May, the first Chinese spacewalk in September, and the launch of the first Indian Lunar probe in October.

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2009 in Japan

Events in the year 2009 in Japan.

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2009 in spaceflight

Several significant events in spaceflight occurred in 2009, including Iran conducting its first indigenous orbital launch, the first Swiss satellite being launched and New Zealand launching its first sounding rocket.

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2010 in Japan

Events in the year 2010 in Japan.

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2010 in spaceflight

The year 2010 in spaceflight saw a number of notable events in worldwide spaceflight activities.

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2011 in spaceflight

The year 2011 saw a number of significant events in spaceflight, including the retirement of NASA's Space Shuttle after its final flight in July 2011, and the launch of China's first space station module, Tiangong-1, in September.

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2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

The was a magnitude 9.0–9.1 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday 11 March 2011, with the epicentre approximately east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately.

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2012 in spaceflight

The year 2012 saw a number of significant events in spaceflight.

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2013 in science

A number of significant scientific events occurred in 2013, including the discovery of numerous Earthlike exoplanets, the development of viable lab-grown ears, teeth, livers and blood vessels, and the atmospheric entry of the most destructive meteor since 1908.

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2013 in spaceflight

In 2013, the maiden spaceflight of the Orbital Sciences' Antares launch vehicle, designated A-ONE, took place on 13 April.

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2014

2014 was designated as.

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2014 in spaceflight

In 2014, the maiden flight of the Angara A5, Antares 120 and Antares 130 took place.

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2015 in Japan

The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Japan.

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2015 in spaceflight

In 2015, the maiden spaceflights of the Chinese Long March 6 and Long March 11 launch vehicles took place.

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2016 in spaceflight

Several new rockets and spaceports began operations in 2016.

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2017 in spaceflight

Notable spaceflight activities in 2017 included the maiden flight of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III (also called LVM3) on 5 June and the first suborbital test of Rocket Lab's Electron rocket, inaugurating the Mahia spaceport in New Zealand.

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2018 in spaceflight

This article lists achieved and expected spaceflight events in 2018.

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2019 in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2019.

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2020 in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2020.

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2020s in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the 2020s.

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2021 in spaceflight

This article documents expected notable spaceflight events during the year 2021.

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25143 Itokawa

25143 Itokawa (イトカワ,いとかわ,糸川) is a stony sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as near-Earth object of the Apollo group and potentially hazardous asteroid, that measures approximately 350 meters in diameter.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAXA

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