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  • In human spaceflight, a life support system is a group of devices that allow a human to survive in outer space. Such a system normally supplies ...
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  • An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft. ...
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  • A spacecraft is a craft or machine designed for spaceflight. Although it is, by definition, designed to travel into space, it may or may not ...
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  • of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight. Retrieved December 14, 2008. of Astrobiology, Astronomy, and Spaceflight. Retrieved December 14, 2008. ...
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  • in Space: Medical Problems of Manned Spaceflight. (London, UK: Routledge ... To perform an orbital spaceflight, a spacecraft must travel faster ...
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  • Space tourism (or spaceflight) is the recent phenomenon of tourists paying for flights into space. There are several different types of space ...
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  • science, and technology of aviation and spaceflight, as well as planetary ... the national development of aviation and spaceflight, and will educate and ...
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  • {{cite web |url=http://spaceflight.esa.int/users/index.cfm?act=default ... |work=ESA Human Spaceflight web site}} {{cite web |url=http://www.spaceflight ...
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  • The first human spaceflight was Vostok 1 (Sunrise 1) , carrying 27 ... architect behind the the first human spaceflight (Vostok 1), alongside ...
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  • Without pyrotechnics, modern aviation and spaceflight would be impracticable; this is because pyrotechnic devices combine high reliability with very ...
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  • Wege zur Raumschiffahrt (Ways to Spaceflight), which was an expansion ... *Ways to Spaceflight (1929) *Primer for Those Who Would Govern (1987 ...
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  • Gus Grissom in reference to his previous spaceflight on Liberty Bell 7 which ended with the Mercury spacecraft sinking during recovery in the ...
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  • Earth's atmosphere, as in the case of spaceflight. When flying through the air, heavier-than-air craft depend primarily on lift that is generated ...
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  • for artificial satellites, and for human spaceflight and exploration of other ... century, this history included human spaceflight to the Moon. In the twenty ...
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  • flight of Soyuz 11 to Salyut 1, all manned spaceflight duration records have been set aboard space stations. The duration record of 437.7 days was set ...
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  • are designed for long duration human spaceflight, not permanent colonization. ... as the ultimate goal of current spaceflight programs: …the goal isn ...
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  • In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been placed into orbit by human endeavor. Such objects are sometimes called ...
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  • * Spaceflight == Notes == ==References== * Cutler, Andrew H. 1985. "Metallurgical Properties of Lunar and Asteroidal Steels." In Faughnan ...
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  • Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin formed the American ...
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  • of Astrobiology, Astronomy, & Spaceflight. ===General philosophy sources=== *[http://plato.stanford.edu/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy] ...
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