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Space suit
A space suit is a complex system of garments and equipment and environmental systems designed to keep a person alive and comfortable in the harsh environment of outer ... > more -
Water rocket
Water rockets are like their model rocket cousins, except that these are powered by a combination of water and air pressure instead of a chemical propellant. The pressure vessel, the engine of the ... > more -
Near-Earth object
Near-Earth objects (NEO) are asteroids, comets and large meteoroids whose orbit intersects Earth's orbit and which may therefore pose a collision danger. Due to their size and proximity, NEOs are ... > more -
Magnetosphere
A magnetosphere is the region around an astronomical object in which phenomena are dominated or organized by its magnetic field. Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, as are the magnetized planets ... > more -
Ion thruster
An ion thruster (or ion drive), one of several types of spacecraft propulsion, uses beams of ions - electrically charged atoms or molecules - for propulsion. The precise method for accelerating the ... > more
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