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- A.M. Isayev Chemical Engineering Design BureauThe A.M. Isayev Chemical Engineering Design Bureau (Russian: Конструкторское бюро химическ
- Alexander KemurdzhianSoviet aerospace engineer
- Almaz programSoviet military space station program
- Apollo 11First crewed Moon landing (1969)
- Apollo program1961–1972 American crewed lunar exploration program
- Apollo–SoyuzFirst international crewed spaceflight mission
- Approach and Landing TestsThe Approach and Landing Tests were a series of sixteen taxi and flight trials of the prot
- Army Ballistic Missile AgencyThe Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) was formed to develop the U.S. Army's first large
- Arnaldo Tamayo MéndezArnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born 29 January 1942) is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and
- AstronautSpacecraft crew member
- Atacama Large Millimeter Array66-telescope radio observatory in Chile
- Aviation museumAn aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history
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- Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 41Site 41 was a complex of three launch pads at the Baikonur Cosmodrome originally built for
- Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81Launchpad used by Roscosmos, primarily for Proton rockets
- Bion (satellite)Soviet and Russian spacecraft aimed at biological experiments in space
- Breakthrough InitiativesBreakthrough Initiatives is a science-based program founded in 2015 and funded by Julia an
- Buran programmeSoviet spacecraft research project, 1976–1993
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- Call signUnique designation for a transmitting station
- Canadian Space AgencyGovernment agency
- China Manned Space ProgramSpaceflight programme in China
- China National Space AdministrationNational space agency of the People's Republic of China
- Chinese space programChina has one of the most active space programs in the world. With launch vehicles of the
- Command module ColumbiaCommand module used for Apollo 11
- ConexantConexant Systems, Inc. was an American-based software developer and fabless semiconductor
- Cosmic Origins SpectrographThe Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS) is a science instrument that was installed on the Hu
- Cosmos 1Cosmos 1 was a project by Cosmos Studios and The Planetary Society to test a solar sail in
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- Energia (corporation)Russian spacecraft manufacturer
- Energia (rocket)Soviet launch vehicle
- EuromirEuromir was an international space programme in the 1990s. Between the Russian Federal Spa
- European Space AgencyEuropean organisation dedicated to space exploration
- Eutelsat 5 West BEutelsat 5 West B is a geostationary communications satellite. It is owned by European sat
- Expendable launch systemLaunch system that uses a single use launch vehicle
- Exploration of MarsThe planet Mars has been explored remotely by spacecraft. Probes sent from Earth, beginnin
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- Intelsat 27Intelsat 27 was an American communications satellite which was to have been operated by In
- Intergalactic travelHypothetical travel between galaxies
- InterkosmosSoviet international spaceflight program
- International Launch ServicesInternational Launch Services, Inc. (ILS) is a joint venture with exclusive rights to the
- International Lunar Research StationPlanned international lunar base
- International Space StationModular space station in low Earth orbit
- Interplanetary spaceflightCrewed or uncrewed travel between stars or planets
- Interstellar probeSpace probe that can travel out of the Solar System
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- KAUR (satellite bus)The KAUR (Russian: КАУР, Космический Аппарат Унифицированного Ряда, Universal Spacecraft S
- Kerim KerimovSoviet rocket scientist
- KhartronJSC "Khartron" (Hartron) (Ukrainian: Хартрон, formerly NPO "Electropribor", Russian: НПО "
- Khrunichev State Research and Production Space CenterThe Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center (Государственный космический нау
- Kosmos (rocket family)Soviet and Russian family of space launch vehicles
- Kosmos (satellite)Series of Soviet and Russian military satellites
- Kosmos-1Soviet carrier rocket
- Kosmos-3MRussian space launch vehicle
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- Land LaunchLand Launch refers to a service product of Sea Launch SA. There is no entity or company ca
- Launch vehicleRocket used to carry a spacecraft into space
- Liquid-propellant rocketRocket engine that uses liquid fuels and oxidizers
- Little Joe IILittle Joe II was an American rocket used from 1963 to 1966 for five uncrewed tests of the
- LKS (spacecraft)The LKS (Russian: Лёгкий Космический Самолёт, "Light Cosmos Plane") was a Soviet Union spa
- Lunar Flag AssemblyNylon banner and aluminum staff used on the Apollo Moon landings
- Lunar Module EagleLunar lander used for Apollo 11
- Lunokhod programmeSoviet Moon rover program
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- Mare NectarisMare Nectaris (Latin nectaris, the "Sea of Nectar") is a small lunar mare or sea (a volcan
- Mare TranquillitatisLunar mare
- Mars 1MSeries of two uncrewed Soviet spacecraft
- Marshall Space Flight CenterNASA research facility in Alabama
- Maunakea ObservatoriesAstronomical observatories in Hawaii
- Meridian (satellite)Meridian (Russian: Меридиан) is a family of telecommunications satellites for civil and mi
- Meteor (satellite)Series of weather observation satellites launched by Russia
- Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-105Soviet cancelled spaceplane project
- Military satelliteArtificial satellite used for military purposes
- MirSoviet/Russian space station (1986–2001)
- Mission patchA mission patch is a cloth reproduction of a spaceflight mission emblem worn by astronauts
- Molniya (satellite)Soviet military surveillance and communications satellites
- Molniya-MSoviet space launcher rocket
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- NASAAmerican space and aeronautics agency
- National Air and Space MuseumMuseum in Washington, D.C.
- Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object SpectrometerThe Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) is a scientific instrument
- Non-rocket spacelaunchConcepts for launch into space
- NSS-8NSS-8 was a Dutch telecommunications satellite that was destroyed during launch. It was a
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- Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage FacilityThe Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility, also known colloquiall
- Phobos 2Phobos 2 was the last space probe designed by the Soviet Union. It was designed to explore
- Phobos program1988 Soviet missions to Mars
- Private spaceflightSpaceflight not by a government
- Prospector (spacecraft)Prospector was a proposed lunar probe that was intended to be flown in support of the Apol
- Proton (rocket family)Soviet designed rocket family
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- R-7 (rocket family)Family of space launch vehicles developed by the Soviet Union (later Russia)
- Radio industryThe "radio industry" is a generic term for any companies or public service providers who a
- RD-0109The RD-0109 is a rocket engine burning liquid oxygen and kerosene in a gas generator combu
- RD-8The RD-8 (Russian: РД-8 and GRAU Index: 11D513) is a Soviet / Ukrainian liquid propellant
- Reaction wheelAttitude control device used in spacecraft
- Redstone (rocket family)The Redstone family of rockets consisted of a number of American ballistic missiles, sound
- Research stationFacility for scientific research
- Reusable spacecraftSpacecraft designed for repeated use and reusability
- RocketVehicle propelled by ejection of gases
- Rocket engineNon-airbreathing engine used to propel a missile or vehicle
- Rocket engine nozzleA rocket engine nozzle is a propelling nozzle (usually of the de Laval type) used in a roc
- Rockwell International1919–2001 American manufacturing conglomerate
- RoscosmosSpace agency of Russia
- RS-68The RS-68 (Rocket System-68) was a liquid-fuel rocket engine that used liquid hydrogen (LH
- Russian Orbital SegmentRussian components of the International Space Station
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- S-IIThe S-II (pronounced "S-two") was the second stage of the Saturn V rocket. It was built by
- Salyut programmeSoviet space station programme
- SatelliteObjects intentionally placed into orbit
- Saturn I SA-1Saturn-Apollo 1 (SA-1) was the first flight of the Saturn I space launch vehicle, the firs
- Saturn IIThe Saturn II was a series of American expendable launch vehicles, studied by North Americ
- Saturn MLVThe Saturn MLV was a proposed concept family of rockets, intended as a follow-on to the Sa
- Saturn VAmerican super heavy-lift expendable rocket
- Saturn V ELVThe Saturn V-ELV (Earth Launch Vehicle) was to be an enlarged Saturn V with the addition o
- Service moduleA service module (also known as an equipment module or instrument compartment) is a compon
- Small-lift launch vehicleRocket able to lift less than 2,000 kg to low Earth orbit
- Soviet Mars programSpace program of the Soviet Union
- Soviet space programSpace exploration program conducted by the Soviet Union from 1951 to 1991
- Soyuz (rocket family)Russian and Soviet rocket family
- Soyuz (rocket)First version of the Soyuz launch vehicle
- Soyuz (spacecraft)Series of spacecraft designed for the Soviet space programme
- Soyuz 7K-L1 No.5LSoyuz 7K-L1 No.5L, sometimes identified by NASA as Zond 1967B, was a Soviet spacecraft whi
- Soyuz-FGLaunch vehicle
- Soyuz-USoyuz rocket design variant
- Soyuz-U2The Soyuz-U2 (GRAU index 11A511U2) was a Soviet, later Russian, carrier rocket. It was der
- Space explorationInvestigation of outer space
- Space launchEarliest phase of a flight that reaches space
- Space ShuttlePartially reusable launch system and space plane
- Space Shuttle orbiterSpaceplane component of the Space Shuttle
- Space Shuttle program1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program
- Space stationHabitable artificial satellite
- Space Telescope Imaging SpectrographThe Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) is a spectrograph, also with a camera mode
- Space tourismHuman space travel for recreation
- Space TouristsSpace Tourists is a feature-length documentary of the Swiss director Christian Frei. The f
- Space vehicleCombination of launch vehicle and spacecraft
- SpacecraftVehicle or machine designed to fly in space
- SpaceflightFlight into or through outer space
- SpaceplaneSpacecraft capable of aerodynamic flight in atmosphere
- SpaceportLocation used to launch and receive spacecraft
- Specific impulseChange in velocity per amount of fuel
- Spektr-RGSpektr-RG (Russian: Спектр-РГ, Spectrum + Röntgen + Gamma; also called Spectrum-X-Gamma, S
- Sputnik (rocket)Small carrier rocket
- Sputnik 1First artificial Earth satellite
- STS-1252009 American crewed spaceflight to the Hubble Space Telescope
- Super heavy-lift launch vehicleRocket able to lift 50,000 kg to low Earth orbit
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- Thrusters (spacecraft)A thruster is a spacecraft propulsion device used for orbital station-keeping, attitude co
- Titan (rocket family)Titan was a family of United States expendable rockets used between 1959 and 2005. The Tit
- TKS (spacecraft)Soviet spacecraft conceived in the late 1960s
- TMKSoviet space exploration project
- Transponder (satellite communications)Device or series of devices that receive, then transmit (relay) a signal
- TsyklonSoviet rocket
- Tsyklon-3Soviet / Russian launch vehicle
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- Vasily MishinSoviet aerospace engineer
- Viking (rocket engine)The Viking rocket engines were members of a series of bipropellant engines for the first a
- Vladimir ChelomeySoviet scientist and engineer
- Voskhod (rocket)Russian rocket
- Vostok (rocket family)Series of six crewed and uncrewed Soviet orbiting spacecraft
- Vostok 1First human spaceflight in history
- Vostok programmeSoviet human spaceflight project
- Vostok-2 (rocket)Soviet rocket
- Vostok-2MSoviet Union space launch vehicle, 1964–1991
- Vostok-K1960s Soviet rocket
- Vostok-L1960s Soviet rocket
- Voyager programOngoing NASA interstellar program
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- Zarya (ISS module)First module of the International Space Station
- Zenit (rocket family)Soviet (now Ukrainian) rocket
- Zenit (satellite)Series of Soviet spy satellites, 1961-2004
- Zenit-2Ukrainian-Russian rocket
- Zenit-3SLThe Zenit-3SL was an expendable carrier rocket operated by Sea Launch. First flown in 1999