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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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Paper Plane Goes to Space
Aerospace; Space flight
The world's first paper plane space mission launched by the British team of space enthusiasts Steve Daniels, John Oates and Lester Haines. The team made the airplane out of paper straws and covered ...
l-band
Aerospace; Space flight
A range of microwave radio frequencies in the neighborhood of 1 to 2 ghz.
latitude
Aerospace; Space flight
Circles in parallel planes to that of the equator defining north-south measurements, also called parallels.
laser
Aerospace; Space flight
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Compare with Maser.
large magellanic cloud
Aerospace; Space flight
LMC, the larger of two small galaxies orbiting nearby our Milky Way galaxy, which are visible from the southern hemisphere.
kuiper belt
Aerospace; Space flight
A disk-shaped region about 30 to 100 AU from the sun considered to be the source of the short-period comets.