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• Space Station
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  NASA
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  Satellites
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  Space debris

  Space debris or orbital debris, also called space junk and space waste, are the objects in orbit around Earth created by man that no longer serve any useful purpose. They consist of everything from ... > more
• Mercury
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Sun
  Extrasolar Planets
  Pluto
   
  

  Mercury (planet)

  Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system, orbiting the Sun once every 88 days. It ranges in brightness from about −2.0 to 5.5 in apparent magnitude, but is not easily ... > more
• Space Station
  NASA
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
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  International Space Station

  The International Space Station (ISS) is a joint project of five space agencies. The ISS has seen the first space tourist, Dennis Tito, who spent 20 million USD to fly aboard a Russian supply mission ... > more
• Satellites
  Space Probes
  Space Station
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Space Telescopes
   
  

  Militarisation of space

  The militarisation of space1 is the placement and development of weaponry in outer space by the militaries of the ... > more
• Space Station
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
  Space Missions
  Astronomy
   
  

  Space Shuttle program

  NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States government's only manned launch vehicle currently in service. It is the first winged manned spacecraft ... > more
• Moon
  NASA
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  Space Station
  Astronomy
   
  

  Buzz Aldrin

  Colonel Buzz Aldrin, Sc.D (born January 20, 1930 as Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr.) is an American pilot and astronaut who became the second human to set foot on the Moon (after Neil Armstrong) during the ... > more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Solar System
  Pluto
  Kuiper Belt
  Jupiter
  Eris (Xena)
   
  

  Asteroid belt

  The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. Despite popular imagery, the ... > more
• Sports Science
  Vehicles
  Aviation
  Space Probes
  Space Exploration
  Space Station
   
  

  Model rocket

  Model rocketry is a hobby similar to building model airplanes. In the hobby today, there are two distinct areas of rocket activity: amateur (or experimental) rocketry, and model rocketry (including ... > more
• Saturn
  Solar System
  Pluto
  Astronomy
  Moon
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Titan (moon)

  Titan, or Saturn VI, is the largest moon of Saturn and the second largest moon in the solar system, after Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It is roughly 50% larger than Earth's moon by diameter, and is ... > more
• Jupiter
  Space Exploration
  Astronomy
  NASA
  Sun
  Solar Flare
   
  

  Great Red Spot

  The Great Red Spot is a persistent anticyclonic storm on the planet Jupiter, 22 degrees south of the equator, which has lasted at least 340 years. The storm is large enough to be visible through ... > more

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