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Spacecraft

Vehicle or machine designed to fly in space

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Control moment gyroscope

Attitude control device

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Star tracker

Type of optical device

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Gravity-gradient stabilization

Method for the stabilization and the orientation of various spacecraft

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Reaction control system

Spacecraft thrusters used to provide attitude control and translation

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Triad method

Solution to the spacecraft attitude determination problem

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Reaction wheel

Attitude control device used in spacecraft

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Sun sensor

Spacecraft instrument that senses the direction to the Sun

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Magnetorquer

Satellite system

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Tell-tale (spacecraft)
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Heat shield

Component to protect against excessive heat

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Tethered formation flying
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AVCOAT

Heat dissipating material

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Astrionics
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Cold gas thruster

Type of rocket engine

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NASA Docking System

Spacecraft docking mechanism

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Service module

Spacecraft compartment

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Suitport

Alternative technology to enable extravehicular activity

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Common Berthing Mechanism

Berthing mechanism used to connect ISS modules

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Reentry capsule

Part of a space capsule

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Whipple shield

Impact shield to protect spacecraft from micrometeoroids and orbital debris

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Test article (aerospace)

Vehicle or equipment used to test portions of a spaceflight regime

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Spacecraft magnetometer

Widely used scientific instrument aboard satellites and probes

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NSSC-1

Component for the MultiMission Modular Spacecraft

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Solar panels on spacecraft

none

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University Nanosatellite Program

Design and fabrication competition

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Life-support system

Technology that allows survival in hostile environments

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Space Shuttle design process

Development program of the NASA Space Shuttle

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Kurs (docking navigation system)

System of automated tracking

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Docking and berthing of spacecraft

Joining of two or more space vehicles

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HiROS
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MARSIS
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CRRES

NASA satellite

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RatSat

Mass simulator on fourth Falcon 1 flight

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Explorer 5

United States satellite launched in 1958

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Pioneer 2

Failed NASA mission to the Moon (1958)

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Sputnik 3

Third Artificial Earth Satellite

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Pioneer 3

Failed NASA flyby mission to the Moon (1958)

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Explorer 6

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

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Pioneer P-3

1959 US attempted lunar probe

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Vanguard 3

American research satellite launched in 1959

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Discoverer 17

Reconnaissance satellite

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Discoverer 13

American reconnaissance satellite

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Discoverer 11

Reconnaissance satellite

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Pioneer P-31

1960 US lunar probe attempt

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Explorer 8

NASA satellite of the Explorer program

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Pioneer P-30

Nasa 1960s lunar orbiter probe

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Pioneer 5

NASA interplanetary mission (1960)

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Discoverer 18

Reconnaissance satellite

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Space capsule

Type of spacecraft

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