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Project Mercury — Duration 1959 1963 Goal Place Americans into orbit for as long as one day Achievements First manned flight: May 5, 1961 First orbital flight … Wikipedia
Centennial Challenges — The Centennial Challenges are NASA space competition prize contests for non government funded technological achievements by American teams. Contents 1 Current Challenges 1.1 Tether beam power challenge 1.1.1 … Wikipedia
Constellation program — logo Constellation Program (abbreviated CxP) is a human spaceflight program within NASA, the space agency of the United States. The stated goals of the program were to gain significant experience in operating away from Earth s environment,… … Wikipedia
Project Gemini — This article is about the NASA program. For other uses, see Gemini (disambiguation). Project Gemini Duration 1962 1966 Goals Long duration spaceflight; rendezvous and docking; extra vehicular activity; targeted re entry and Earth landing … Wikipedia
Dates of 2004 — ▪ 2005 January It turns out we were all wrong, probably, in my judgment. David Kay, former U.S. chief weapons inspector in Iraq, in testimony to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, January 28 January 1 Haitian Pres. Jean… … Universalium
International Space Station — ISS redirects here. For other uses, see ISS (disambiguation). International Space Station … Wikipedia
McDonnell Douglas DC-X — McDonnell Douglas DC XA Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) concept Function high operability prototype Manufacturer McDonnell Douglas Country of origin United States … Wikipedia
fish — fishless, adj. /fish/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) fishes, v. n. 1. any of various cold blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with … Universalium
Fish — /fish/, n. Hamilton, 1808 93, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1869 77. * * * I Any of more than 24,000 species of cold blooded vertebrates found worldwide in fresh and salt water. Living species range from the primitive lampreys and hagfishes… … Universalium
Single-stage-to-orbit — The VentureStar was a proposed SSTO spaceplane. A single stage to orbit (or SSTO) vehicle reaches orbit from the surface of a body without jettisoning hardware, expending only propellants and fluids. The term usually, but not exclusively, refers… … Wikipedia
