Space environment is a branch of astronautics, aerospace engineering and space physics that seeks to understand and address conditions existing in space...
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acronym RIDGE (i.e., "space radiation, isolation and confinement, distance from Earth, gravity fields, and hostile and closed environments"). The engineering...
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weightless environment of space, anticipating some of the benefits of engaging in sex in an environment of microgravity. On July 23, 2006, a Sex in Space panel...
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The term "space weather" came into usage in the late 1950s as the space age began and satellites began to measure the space environment. The term regained...
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astrobiological research, space exploration and space flight. It deals with practical contemporary issues like the protection of the space environment and hypothetical...
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The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC), named the Space Environment Center (SEC) until 2007, is a laboratory and service center of the US National...
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asteroids. There are several motivating factors behind in-space manufacturing. The space environment, in particular the effects of microgravity and vacuum...
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Space sustainability aims to maintain the safety and health of the space environment, as well as planetary environments. Similar to sustainability initiatives...
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NOAA-18 (section Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2))
prediction and warning, oceanographic and hydrologic services, and space environment monitoring. The polar orbiting system complements the NOAA/NESS geostationary...
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The SPace ENVironment Information System (SPENVIS) is an ESA operational software developed and maintained at Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy since...
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especially those involving zero gravity and exposure to space, but space stations offer a long-term environment where studies can be performed potentially for...
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heat. For use in space, polyimide (e.g. Kapton, UPILEX) substrate is usually chosen due to its resistance to the hostile space environment, large temperature...
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A narrative environment is a space, whether physical or virtual, in which stories can unfold. A virtual narrative environment might be the narrative framework...
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NOAA-19 (section Space Environment Monitor (SEM-2))
Sounding Unit (AMSU-A) — were all designed for a three-year mission. The Space Environment Monitor (SEM/2) is fitted to the satellite and is composed of Total...
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space environment. Thermal vacuum chambers can be found at: NASA's Space Environment Simulation Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center NASA's Space Power...
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Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). Effects of spaceflight on the human body Space environment Space science Weightlessness Rycroft, M. J. (14 June 1989). "Solar—terrestrial...
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studied, the built environment often highlights the connection between physical space and social consequences. It impacts the environment and how society...
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Astronaut training (redirect from Space simulator)
in preparation for the conditions of launch as well as the harsh environment of space. This training aims to prepare the crew for events falling under...
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Spaceplane (redirect from Space plane)
cells, maneuvered in space, kept in thermal equilibrium, oriented, and communicated with. On-orbit thermal and radiological environments impose additional...
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European Space Agency's Space Environment statistics reported 40230 artificial objects in orbit above the Earth regularly tracked by Space Surveillance...
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Space adaptation syndrome (SAS) or space sickness is a condition experienced by as many as half of all space travelers during their adaptation to weightlessness...
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noted that the plots of space operas have sometimes been taken from horse operas and simply translated into an outer space environment, as famously parodied...
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Locomotion in space includes all actions or methods used to move one's body in microgravity conditions through the outer space environment. Locomotion in...
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Weightlessness (redirect from Micro-g environment)
establishing a space with no gravitational pull. A "stationary" micro-g environment would require travelling far enough into deep space so as to reduce...
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The use of tardigrades in space, first proposed in 1964 because of their extreme tolerance to radiation, began in 2007 with the FOTON-M3 mission in low...
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World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated annually on 5 June and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. It is supported...
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GOES-16 (section Space environment)
Observatory. GOES-16 features two instruments, the Magnetometer (MAG) and Space Environment In-Situ Suite (SEISS), that provide localized in-situ observations...
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Spacecraft design (section Space mission architecture)
it must: cope with the space environment, be highly autonomous, and provide higher fault tolerance. It may incorporate space qualified radiation-hardened...
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Astrobotany (section Growing plants in space)
an applied sub-discipline of botany that is the study of plants in space environments. It is a branch of astrobiology and botany. Astrobotany concerns both...
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The natural environment or natural world encompasses all biotic and abiotic things occurring naturally, meaning in this case not artificial. The term...
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