Space flight

Space flight

Of or relating to the act of voyaging outside the Earth's atmosphere and into outer space, and the science involved in achieving it.

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Periapsis

Aerospace; Space flight

The point in an orbit closest to the body being orbited.

A distributed data system that NASA uses to archive data collected by Solar System robotic missions and ground-based support data associated with those missions. PDS is managed by NASA Headquarters' ...

Pathfinder

Aerospace; Space flight

The Mars Environmental Survey (MESUR) engineering prototype later named Mars Pathfinder.

Moon

Aerospace; Space flight

A small natural body which orbits a larger one. A natural satellite. Capitalized, the Earth's natural satellite.

Modulation

Aerospace; Space flight

The process of modifying a radio frequency by shifting its phase, frequency, or amplitude to carry information.

Meteoroid

Aerospace; Space flight

Small bodies in orbit about the sun which are candidates for falling to Earth or to another planet.

Phase-lock-loop (PLL)

Aerospace; Space flight

A circuitry in telecommunications technology that generates an output signal whose phase is related to the phase of the input "reference" signal. It is an electronic circuit consisting of a variable ...