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  Rocket

  The traditional definition of a rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving fluid from within a rocket engine. There are many ... > more
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  Spacecraft propulsion

  Spacecraft propulsion is used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites, or in short, to provide delta-v. There are many different methods. Each method has drawbacks and ... > more
• Moon
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  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
• Sun
  Solar Flare
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  Eclipse

  An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when one celestial object moves into the shadow of another. The term is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow ... > more
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  Neil Armstrong

  Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, naval aviator. He is famous as the first human ever to step foot on the ... > more
• Solar Flare
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  Solar flare

  A solar flare is a violent explosion in the Sun's atmosphere with an energy equivalent to tens of millions of hydrogen bombs. Solar flares take place in the solar corona and chromosphere, heating ... > more
• Space Missions
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  Phoenix (spacecraft)

  The Phoenix is a planned multi-agency Mars lander, headed by the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, under the direction of NASA, scheduled to launch on August 3, 2007. It is a ... > more
• Moon
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  Lunar space elevator

  A lunar space elevator (also called a moonstalk) is a proposed cable running from the surface of the Moon into space. It is similar in concept to the better known Earth space elevator idea (a cable ... > more
• Stars
  Extrasolar Planets
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  Star Trek

  Star Trek is an American science fiction franchise. In addition to six television programs including the original 1966 Star Trek, the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the ... > more
• Solar Flare
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  Van Allen radiation belt

  The Van Allen radiation belt is a torus of energetic charged particles (i.e. a plasma) around Earth, trapped by Earth's magnetic field. When the belts "overload", particles strike the upper ... > more

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