Space flight

Space flight

Of or relating to the act of voyaging outside the Earth's atmosphere and into outer space, and the science involved in achieving it.

Industry: Aerospace

Add a new term

Contributors in Space flight

Become a Contributors

Space flight

galilean satellites

Aerospace; Space flight

The four large satellites of Jupiter so named because Galileo discovered them when he turned his telescope toward Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

gal

Aerospace; Space flight

Unit of gravity field measurement corresponding to a gravitational acceleration of 1 cm/sec2.

gram (g)

Aerospace; Space flight

A thousandth of the metric standard unit of mass (see kg). The gram was originally based upon the weight of a cubic centimeter of water, which still approximates the current value.

acceleration due to a body's gravity (g)

Constant at any given place, the value of g varies from object to object (e.g. Planets), and also with the distance from the center of the object. The relationship between the two constants is: g = ...