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- Atlas V is an expendable launch system and the fifth major version in the Atlas launch vehicle family. It was designed by Lockheed Martin and has been...128 KB (8,938 words) - 01:51, 22 September 2024
- Moon rock or lunar rock is rock originating from Earth's Moon. This includes lunar material collected during the course of human exploration of the Moon...34 KB (3,396 words) - 14:33, 27 September 2024
- A planetarium (pl.: planetariums or planetaria) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the...35 KB (4,282 words) - 15:05, 21 September 2024
- The German Aerospace Center (‹See Tfd›German: Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V., abbreviated DLR, literally German Center for Air- and Space-flight)...57 KB (5,447 words) - 19:50, 25 July 2024
- Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering theoretical, observational, and instrumental astronomy and astrophysics...22 KB (2,161 words) - 18:16, 10 September 2024
- In astronomy, a photometric system is a set of well-defined passbands (or optical filters), with a known sensitivity to incident radiation. The sensitivity...21 KB (1,021 words) - 00:56, 4 May 2024
- A Mars landing is a landing of a spacecraft on the surface of Mars. Of multiple attempted Mars landings by robotic, uncrewed spacecraft, ten have had successful...33 KB (3,627 words) - 12:29, 28 September 2024
- Mira (/ˈmaɪrə/), designation Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, abbreviated Omicron Cet, ο Cet), is a red-giant star estimated to be 200–300 light-years from the Sun...29 KB (3,143 words) - 00:21, 29 July 2024
- NGC 46, occasionally referred to as PGC 5067596, is an F8 star[citation needed] located approximately 962 ± 281 light-years from the Solar System in the...2 KB (117 words) - 01:50, 29 December 2023
- Firefly Alpha (Firefly α) is a two-stage orbital expendable small lift launch vehicle developed by the American company Firefly Aerospace to compete in...36 KB (2,179 words) - 23:03, 25 September 2024
- A protoplanet is a large planetary embryo that originated within a protoplanetary disk and has undergone internal melting to produce a differentiated interior...25 KB (2,434 words) - 10:37, 18 September 2024
- NGC 7027, also known as the Jewel Bug Nebula or the Magic Carpet Nebula, is a very young and dense planetary nebula located around 3,000 light-years (920...14 KB (1,374 words) - 17:45, 28 August 2024
- Zodiacal light is a faint glow of diffuse light in the sky scattered by interplanetary dust, particularly a zodiacal cloud, along the ecliptic, and therefore...21 KB (2,280 words) - 21:23, 24 May 2024
- Lunar precession is a term used for three different precession motions related to the Moon. First, it can refer to change in orientation of the lunar rotational...7 KB (675 words) - 06:21, 22 June 2024
- Directed panspermia is a type of panspermia that implies the deliberate transport of microorganisms into space to be used as introduced species on other...40 KB (5,196 words) - 16:42, 28 July 2024
- GSC 02620-00648 is a double star in the constellation Hercules. The brighter of the pair is a magnitude 12 star located approximately 1,660 light-years...7 KB (552 words) - 20:13, 9 January 2024
- A plasma propulsion engine is a type of electric propulsion that generates thrust from a quasi-neutral plasma. This is in contrast with ion thruster engines...13 KB (1,463 words) - 06:24, 3 September 2024
- The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is the largest and longest-running Mars surface research facility and is one of two simulated Mars analog habitats...23 KB (2,773 words) - 01:22, 15 July 2024
- MV Shannon, formerly known as MV GO Navigator, is one of SpaceX's two Dragon capsule recovery vessels. Owned by SpaceX through Falcon Landing LLC (which...10 KB (678 words) - 08:11, 15 September 2024
- Satellite flare, also known as satellite glint, is a satellite pass visible to the naked eye as a brief, bright "flare". It is caused by the reflection...21 KB (1,991 words) - 20:38, 26 May 2024