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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
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Mir
Mir was a highly successful
Soviet (and later Russian)
orbital station. It was
humanity's first
consistently inhabited
long-term research station
in space. Through a number
of collaborations, it was
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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 entire spent
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Space Shuttle Columbia
Space Shuttle Columbia (NASA
Orbiter Vehicle Designation:
OV-102) was the first space
shuttle in NASA's orbital
fleet. Its first mission,
STS-1, lasted from April 12
to April 14, 1981. On
February 1, 2003, Columbia
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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 -
Solid-fuel rocket
A solid rocket or a solid fuel rocket is a rocket with a motor that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). The earliest rockets were solid fuelled, powered by gunpowder, used by the Chinese in ... > more -
Space exploration
Space exploration is the physical exploration of outer space, both by human spaceflights and by robotic spacecraft. While the observation of objects in space—known as astronomy—pre-dates ... > more -
Multistage rocket
A multistage (or multi-stage) rocket is, like any rocket, propelled by the recoil pressure of the burning gases it emits as it burns fuel. What characterizes it as "multi-stage" is that it ... > more -
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 -
European Space Agency
The European Space Agency (ESA), established in 1975, is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to exploration of space with currently 17 member states. ESA has ambitious space plans that may ... > more -
Outer space
Outer space, also simply called space, refers to the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies. Outer space is used to distinguish it from airspace (and ... > more -
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Chandra X-ray Observatory is a satellite launched on STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. It was named in honor of Indian-American physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar who is known for determining the ... > more -
Spitzer Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility [SIRTF]) is an infrared space observatory, the fourth and final of NASA's Great Observatories. The first images taken by SST ... > more
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