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acceleration activity Air Force albedo altitude Apollo asteroid astrometry atmosphere available in full Baikonur Center cloud Command control system cosmonaut crater crew density Earth orbit electrons energy engine equator figure is available flare flight control fuel full color function gravity ground-based Hipparcos hydrogen images impact infrared instruments ion thrusters Laboratory lander landing launch vehicle lunar magnetic field Mars Mars Pathfinder Martian mass material measurements Mercury military missile mission module Moon motor muscle NASA Neptune neutrino nozzle observations operations particles payload Phobos planet planetary plasma Pluto polar pressure propellant propulsion system radar radiation reactor regions regolith ring rotation satellite Saturn Science scientific sensors Skylab solar flares solar wind Space Shuttle space station spacecraft spaceflight Spacelab spaceport specific impulse stars surface telescope temperature thermal thrust thruster Uranus velocity Venera Venera 15 Viking