- Industry: Aerospace
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The Executive Branch agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research.
Flow of lightweight ions and electrons (which together comprise plasma) thrown from the sun.
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A small body which orbits a larger one. A natural or an artificial moon. Earth-orbiting spacecraft are called satellites. While deep-space vehicles are technically satellites of the sun or of another planet, or of the galactic center, they are generally called spacecraft instead of satellites.
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The deflection or bending of electromagnetic waves when they pass from one kind of transparent medium into another.
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The deflection or bouncing of electromagnetic waves when they encounter a surface.
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Unit of angular measurement equal to the angle at the center of a circle subtended by an arc equal in length to the radius. Equals about 57.296 degrees.
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Ninth planet from the sun, sometimes classified as a small terrestrial planet.
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Electrically conductive fourth state of matter (other than solid, liquid, or gas), consisting of ions and electrons.
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The angular distance between peaks or troughs of two waveforms of similar frequency.
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