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Aerospace
Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.
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heliosphere
Aerospace; Space flight
The space within the boundary of the heliopause, containing the sun and solar system.
heliopause
Aerospace; Space flight
The boundary theorized to be roughly circular or teardrop-shaped, marking the edge of the sun's influence, perhaps 100 AU from the sun.
halo orbit
Aerospace; Space flight
A spacecraft's pattern of controlled drift about an unstable Lagrange point (L1 or L2 for example) while in orbit about the primary body (e.g. The Sun).
goldstone solar system radar (GSSR)
Aerospace; Space flight
A technique which uses very high-power X and S-band transmitters at DSS 14 to illuminate solar system objects for imaging.
great circle
Aerospace; Space flight
An imaginary circle on the surface of a sphere whose center is at the center of the sphere.
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- Control systems (1744)
- Satellites (11359)
- Space flight (8863)
- Space shuttle (354)