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:''This article is about the term. For the album, see ''Big Science'' (album).'' Big Science is a term used by scientists and historians of science to describe a series of changes in science which occurred in industrial nations during and after World War II. More »
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NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the United States federal government, responsible for the nation's public space program. Established on July 29, 1958, by the National Aeronautics and Space Act, its annual funding for fiscal year 2007 amounts to US$16.8 billion. In addition to the space program, it is also responsible for long-term civilian and military aerospace research. Since February 2006 NASA's self-described mission statement is to "pioneer the... More »
Space Shuttle
NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System , is the United States government's current manned launch vehicle. A total of five usable orbiters were built, of which three remain. The winged shuttle orbiter is launched vertically, usually carrying five to seven astronauts and up to 50,000 lb of payload into low earth orbit . When its mission is complete, it fires its maneuvering thrusters to drop out of orbit and re-enters the Earth's atmosphere. More »
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a research facility currently being assembled in outer space. The station is in a low Earth orbit: its altitude varies from 319.6 km to 346.9 km above the surface of the Earth . It travels at an average speed of 27,744 km per hour, completing 15.7 orbits per day. The ISS is a joint project between five space agencies: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , the Russian Federal Space Agency , the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency , the... More »
Mir
''Mir'' was a Soviet orbital station. ''Mir'' was humanity's first consistently inhabited long-term research station in space, and the first of the 'second-generation' type of modular space stations. ''Mir'' currently holds the record for longest continuous human presence in space at eight days short of 10 years, and, through a number of collaborations, was made internationally accessible to cosmonauts and astronauts of many different countries. More »
Project Apollo
''For other meanings, see Apollo (disambiguation).'' Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961 – 1975. It was devoted to the goal of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth" within the decade of the 1960s. This goal was achieved with the ''Apollo 11'' mission in July 1969. The Apollo project was named after the Greek god... More »
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is a telescope in orbit around the Earth, named after astronomer Edwin Hubble. Its position outside the Earth's atmosphere provides significant advantages over ground based telescopes - images are not blurred by the atmosphere, there is no background light scattered from the atmosphere, and the Hubble can observe ultra-violet light that is absorbed by the ozone layer. Since its launch in 1990, it has become one of the most important instruments in the history of... More »
Manhattan Project
''This page is about the World War II nuclear project. For other uses of the name "The Manhattan Project," see Manhattan Project (disambiguation).'' The Manhattan Project was the project to develop the first nuclear weapon during World War II by the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. Formally designated as the Manhattan Engineering District , it refers specifically to the period of the project from 1941-1946 under the control of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, under the... More »
Space science
Space science is an all-encompassing term that describes most all of the various science fields that are concerned with the study of the Universe, generally also meaning "excluding the Earth" and "outside of the Earth's atmosphere". Originally, all of these fields were considered part of astronomy. However, in recent years the major sub-fields within astronomy, such as astrophysics, have grown so large that they are now considered separate fields on their own. More »
Saturn V
The Saturn V was a multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket used by NASA's Apollo and Skylab programs. The largest production model of the Saturn family of rockets, the Saturn V was designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, with Boeing, North American Aviation, Douglas Aircraft Company, and IBM as the lead contractors. It remains the most powerful launch vehicle ever brought to operational status, from a height, weight... More »
Baikonur Cosmodrome
The Baikonur Cosmodrome , also called Tyuratam, is the world's oldest and largest operational space launch facility. It is located in Kazakhstan, about 200 kilometers east of the Aral Sea, on the north bank of the Syr Darya, near the town of Tyuratam. It is leased by the Kazakh government to Russia and managed by the Russian Federal Space Agency. It was originally built by the Soviet Union as the base of operations for its ambitious space program from the late 1950s to the 1980s. More »
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