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The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity

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illicit cargo<br />

ingress<br />

Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV)<br />

Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU)<br />

MASTIF (Multiple Axis Space Test Inertia<br />

Facility)<br />

Neutral Buoyancy Simula<strong>to</strong>r (NBS)<br />

parabolic flight<br />

shirtsleeve environment<br />

spacewalk<br />

spin-<strong>of</strong>f<br />

stand-up spacewalk<br />

weightlessness<br />

zero gravity<br />

Astronomy satellites and orbiting<br />

observa<strong>to</strong>ries<br />

ACCESS (Advanced Cosmic-ray Composition<br />

Experiment on the Space<br />

Station)<br />

ACE (Advanced Composition<br />

Explorer)<br />

ACRIMSAT (Active Cavity Radiometer<br />

Irradiance Moni<strong>to</strong>r Satellite)<br />

ALEXIS (Array <strong>of</strong> Low Energy X-ray<br />

Imaging Sensors)<br />

AMS (Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer)<br />

ANS (Astronomische Nederlandse Satelliet)<br />

Ariel<br />

ARISE (Advanced Radio Interferometry<br />

between Space and Earth)<br />

ASCA (Advanced Satellite for Cosmology<br />

and Astrophysics)<br />

Astro (shuttle science payload)<br />

Astrobiology Explorer<br />

Astro-E<br />

Astro-F. See IRIS<br />

Astron<br />

astronomy satellites<br />

Asuka. See ASCA<br />

AXAF (Advanced X-ray Astrophysics<br />

Facility). See Chandra X-ray<br />

Observa<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

BBXRT (Broad-Band X-Ray Telescope)<br />

BeppoSAX (Satellite per Astronomia a<br />

raggi X)<br />

CATSAT (Cooperative Astrophysics and<br />

Technology Satellite)<br />

Chandra X-ray Observa<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

CHIPS (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma<br />

Spectrometer)<br />

CMBPOL (Cosmic Microwave Background<br />

Polarization)<br />

COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer)<br />

Comp<strong>to</strong>n Gamma Ray Observa<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

(CGRO)<br />

Constellation-X<br />

Copernicus Observa<strong>to</strong>ry. See OAO<br />

(Orbiting Astronomical Observa<strong>to</strong>ry)<br />

COROT (Convection, Rotation, and<br />

Planetary Transits)<br />

Corsa-A<br />

Corsa-B. See Hakucho<br />

COS-B<br />

Darwin<br />

DXS (Diffuse X-ray Spectrometer)<br />

Edding<strong>to</strong>n<br />

Einstein Observa<strong>to</strong>ry. See HEAO-2<br />

EUVE (Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer)<br />

EXIST (Energetic X-Ray Imaging Survey<br />

Telescope)<br />

Exosat<br />

FAIR (Filled-Aperture Infrared Telescope)<br />

FIRST (Far Infrared and Submillimetre<br />

Space Telescope). See Herschel<br />

Space Observa<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

FUSE (Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic<br />

Explorer)<br />

GAIA (Global Astrometric Interferometer<br />

for Astrophysics)<br />

GALEX (Galaxy Evolution Explorer)<br />

Gamma<br />

gamma-ray astronomy satellites<br />

Ginga<br />

GLAST (Gamma-ray Large Area Space<br />

Telescope)<br />

Granat<br />

<strong>Gravity</strong> Probe A<br />

<strong>Gravity</strong> Probe B<br />

Great Observa<strong>to</strong>ries<br />

Hakucho<br />

HALCA (Highly Advanced Labora<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

for Communications and Astronomy)<br />

Haruka. See HALCA<br />

HEAO (High Energy Astrophysical<br />

Observa<strong>to</strong>ry)<br />

HEAO-1<br />

HEAO-2<br />

HEAO-3<br />

Herschel Space Observa<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

HETE (High Energy Transient Experiment)<br />

High Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy Mission<br />

Hipparcos<br />

HNX (Heavy Nuclei Explorer)<br />

Hubble Space Telescope (HST)<br />

IBSS (Infrared Background Signature<br />

Survey)<br />

IEH (International Extreme Ultraviolet<br />

Hitchhiker)<br />

infrared astronomy satellites<br />

INTEGRAL (International Gamma-ray<br />

Astrophysics Labora<strong>to</strong>ry)<br />

IRAS (Infrared Astronomy Satellite)<br />

IRIS (Infrared Imaging Surveyor)<br />

IRSI (Infrared Space Interferometer). See<br />

Darwin<br />

IRTS (Infrared Telescope in Space)<br />

Category Index 523<br />

ISO (Infrared Space Observa<strong>to</strong>ry)<br />

IUE (International Ultraviolet Explorer)<br />

Joule<br />

Kepler<br />

Kuiper Airborne Observa<strong>to</strong>ry (KAO)<br />

Life Finder (LF)<br />

LISA (Laser Interferometer Space<br />

Antenna)<br />

MAP (Microwave Anisotropy Probe)<br />

MAXIM (Microarcsecond X-ray Imaging)<br />

Pathfinder<br />

MOST (Microvariability and Oscillations<br />

<strong>of</strong> Stars)<br />

NGSS. See Next Generation Sky<br />

Survey<br />

NGST. See Next Generation Space Telescope<br />

OAO (Orbiting Astronomical Observa<strong>to</strong>ry)<br />

ORFEUS (Orbiting and Retrievable Far<br />

and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer).<br />

See SPAS<br />

OWL (Orbiting Wide-Angle Light Detec<strong>to</strong>rs)<br />

Planck<br />

Planet Imager (PI)<br />

PRIME (Primordial Explorer)<br />

radio astronomy satellites<br />

RadioAstron<br />

RAE (Radiation Astronomy Explorer)<br />

ROSAT (Roentgen Satellite)<br />

RXTE (Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer)<br />

SAS (Small Astronomy Satellite)<br />

SAS-1<br />

SAS-2<br />

SAS-3<br />

SIM (Space Interferometry Mission)<br />

SIRTF (Space Infrared Telescope<br />

Facility)<br />

SOFIA (Stra<strong>to</strong>spheric Observa<strong>to</strong>ry for<br />

Infrared Astronomy)<br />

SPEAR (Spectroscopy <strong>of</strong> Plasma Evolution<br />

from Astrophysical Radiation)<br />

Spectrum-X-Gamma<br />

SPIDR (Spectroscopy and Pho<strong>to</strong>metry <strong>of</strong><br />

the Intergalactic Medium’s Diffuse<br />

Radiation)<br />

SPIRIT (Space Infrared Interferometric<br />

Telescope)<br />

STEP (Satellite Test <strong>of</strong> the Equivalence<br />

Principle)<br />

SUVO (Space Ultraviolet Optical Telescope)<br />

SWAS (Submillimeter Wave Astronomy<br />

Satellite)<br />

Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer<br />

Tenma<br />

Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF)<br />

Uhuru. See SAS-1 (Small Astronomy<br />

Satellite 1)

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