Apolo

Apolo

U. S. Space Program that included 6 piloted lunar landings between 1969 and 1972. Apollo astronauts collected and returned 382 kilograms of rock and sediment samples from the Moon.

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apolo

Aerospace; Space flight

A class of Earth-crossing asteroid.

Apolo asteroid

Astronomy; General astronomy

One of a small group of asteroids whose orbits intersect that of Earth. They are named for the prototype, Apollo.

''Apolo'' svemirski program

Astronomy; General astronomy

Successful US lunar exploration program in which the Apollo spacecraft 1 to 6 were unmanned; 7 to 10 were manned but did not land; and 11, 12 and 14 to 17 landed and returned ...

Ceres

Astronomy; Planetary science

The largest of the known asteroids; a dwarf planet. Also called 1 Ceres because it was the first asteroid to be discovered (by Piazzi in 1801).

Jarkovski efekat

Astronomy; Planetary science

An explanation for the shift in an asteroid's orbit around the Sun due to a thermal thrust caused by the body's uneven heating by sunlight. The illuminated side of an asteroid ...

Viking

Astronomy; Planetary science

U. S. Mission to Mars, composed of two spacecraft, launched in 1975. Viking 1 and Viking 2 both consisted of an orbiter and a lander. Primary mission objectives were to obtain ...

sublimacija

Astronomy; Planetary science

Phase transformation from solid to gas.

Misija Stardust

Astronomy; Planetary science

The fourth in NASA's Discovery program of low-cost spacecraft with highly focused science goals, Stardust was comprised of a spacecraft and capsule that completed a seven-year, ...

Solarna i heliosfericna observatorija

Astronomy; Planetary science

A project of international collaboration between ESA and NASA to study the Sun from its deep core to the outer corona and the solar wind. SOHO was launched in December, 1995. SOHO ...

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