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• Space Shuttle Atlantis — Atlantis OV 104 Atlantis launching STS 122 mission to dock with the International Space Station OV designation OV 104 Country United States …   Wikipedia

• space station — space station, adj. an orbiting manned structure that can be used for a variety of purposes, as to assemble or service satellites, refuel spacecraft, etc. Also called space platform. [1940 45] * * * Manned artificial structure designed to revolve …   Universalium

• Docking (molecular) — Docking glossary • Receptor or host or lock – The receiving molecule, most commonly a protein or other biopolymer. • Ligand or guest or key – The complementary partner molecule which binds to the receptor. Ligands are most often small molecules… …   Wikipedia

• Space Shuttle orbiter — The Discovery orbiter approaches the ISS on STS 121 Operator NASA Mission type Orbiter …   Wikipedia

• Space accidents and incidents — Space accidents, either during operations or training for spaceflights, have killed 22 astronauts (five percent of all people who have been in space, two percent of individual spaceflights), and a much larger number of ground crew. This article… …   Wikipedia

• Space Crusade — is an adventure board game produced by Milton Bradley in conjunction with Games Workshop and was first made in 1990. While produced in the UK and available in some other countries including France, Australia and New Zealand, it was never sold in… …   Wikipedia

• docking — n. 1. (Naut.) a act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes or anchors. Syn: mooring, tying up, dropping anchor. [WordNet 1.5] 2. (Astronautics) the coming together and joining of two space vehicles. The joining usually is accomplished by… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Docking — may refer to: for ships, the use of a Dock, e.g. mooring or drydocking. Spacecraft docking, the process of joining one spacecraft or space station module to another. Docking (animal), the practice of trimming the tail of an animal. Docking (dog) …   Wikipedia

• Space-Based Radar — refers to space borne radar systems that may have any of a variety of purposes. A number of earth observing radar satellites, such as RadarSat, have employed synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to obtain terrain and land cover information about the… …   Wikipedia

• Space rendezvous — A space rendezvous is an orbital maneuver during which two spacecraft, one of which is often a space station, arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance (e.g. within visual contact). Rendezvous requires a precise match of the… …   Wikipedia

• Space station — The International Space Station in May 2011 A space station (or orbital station) is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space (most commonly in low Earth orbit) for an extended period of time, and to which… …   Wikipedia