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Aerospace
Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.
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Aerospace > Space flight 
nautical twilight
Aerospace; Space flight
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
nadir
Aerospace; Space flight
The direction from a spacecraft directly down toward the center of a planet. Opposite the zenith.
newton (N)
Aerospace; Space flight
The SI unit of force equal to that required to accelerate a 1-kg mass 1 m per second per second (1m/sec2). Compare with dyne.
multiplexing
Aerospace; Space flight
A scheme for delivering many different measurements in one data stream. See Chapter 10.
moonset
Aerospace; Space flight
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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- Control systems (1744)
- Satellites (11359)
- Space flight (8863)
- Space shuttle (354)