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

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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.

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 ...