Space shuttle

Space shuttle

A reusable launch and orbital spacecraft developed by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for manned spaceflight missions.

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magnetometer

Aerospace; Space shuttle

A device for measuring the strength and direction of the interplanetary and solar magnetic fields.

The boundary of the magnetosphere, lying inside the bow shock. The location in space where Earth's magnetic field balances the pressure of the solar wind. It is located about 63,000 km from Earth in ...

mantle

Aerospace; Space shuttle

Middle layer of the Earth; between the crust and the core.

mean solar time

Aerospace; Space shuttle

Time based on an average of the variations caused by Earth's non-circular orbit.

meteoroid

Aerospace; Space shuttle

A solid body, moving in space, that is smaller than an asteroid and at least as large as a speck of dust. Nearly all meteoroids originate from asteroids or comets.