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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Industria: Aerospace
Number of terms: 16933
Number of blossaries: 2
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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.
Stands for UT, Universal Time.
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The point on the celestial sphere directly above the observer. Opposite the nadir.
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A multiplier, x1024 from the second-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet. See the entry for CGPM.
Industry:Aerospace
A multiplier, x1021 from the last letter of the Latin alphabet. See the entry for CGPM.
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Second planet from the sun, a terrestrial planet.
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A vector quantity whose magnitude is a body's speed and whose direction is the body's direction of motion.
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Communications mode consisting of downlink received from a spacecraft while uplink is being received at the spacecraft. See also coherent.
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Device for changing one kind of energy into another, typically from heat, position, or pressure into a varying electrical voltage or vice-versa, such as a microphone or speaker.
Industry:Aerospace
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
Industry:Aerospace
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
Industry:Aerospace