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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.
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meridians
Aerospace; Space flight
Great circles that pass through both the north and south poles, also called lines of longitude.
mean solar time
Aerospace; Space flight
Time based on an average of the variations caused by Earth's non-circular orbit. The 24-hour day is based on mean solar time.
mass
Aerospace; Space flight
A fundamental property of an object comprising a numerical measure of its inertia; the amount of matter in the object. While an object's mass is constant (ignoring Relativity for this purpose), its ...
maser
Aerospace; Space flight
A microwave travelling wave tube amplifier named for its process of Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Compare with Laser. In the Deep Space Network, masers are used as ...
longitude
Aerospace; Space flight
Great circles that pass through both the north and south poles, also called meridians.
