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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 shuttle 
redundancy
Aerospace; Space shuttle
The duplication of certain critical components in a space vehicle.
refraction
Aerospace; Space shuttle
The deflection or bending of electromagnetic waves when they pass from one kind of transparent medium into another.
relay
Aerospace; Space shuttle
An electrical switch employing an armature to open and close circuits.
remote sensing
Aerospace; Space shuttle
Instruments that record characteristics of objects at a distance, sometimes forming an image by gathering, focusing, and recording reflected light from the Sun, or reflected radio ...
retrograde
Aerospace; Space shuttle
Orbital motion in the direction opposite to the primary's rotation.
rocket
Aerospace; Space shuttle
A missile or vehicle propelled by the combustion of a fuel and a contained oxygen supply. The forward thrust of a rocket results when exhaust products are ejected from the tail.
rocketdyne
Aerospace; Space shuttle
A division of Rockwell International concerned with the design and development of rocket engines (USA).
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- Control systems (1744)
- Satellites (11359)
- Space flight (8863)
- Space shuttle (354)