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
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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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