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- OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid...97 KB (9,145 words) - 05:37, 3 April 2024
- Omega Centauri (ω Cen, NGC 5139, or Caldwell 80) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus that was first identified as a non-stellar object...24 KB (2,333 words) - 01:06, 7 May 2024
- Lobate debris aprons (LDAs) are geological features on Mars, first seen by the Viking Orbiters, consisting of piles of rock debris below cliffs. These...22 KB (2,495 words) - 11:03, 15 January 2024
- Lunar water is water that is present on the Moon. Diffuse water molecules in low concentrations can persist at the Moon's sunlit surface, as discovered...58 KB (6,621 words) - 12:52, 6 April 2024
- Asteroid impact prediction is the prediction of the dates and times of asteroids impacting Earth, along with the locations and severities of the impacts...110 KB (6,430 words) - 22:13, 16 March 2024
- The European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO) is a former European space research organisation. It was first developed in order to establish a...12 KB (1,161 words) - 13:51, 20 March 2024
- NGC 8 is an asterism of two completely unrelated stars (spectral types K6I and G4)[citation needed] in the constellation Pegasus, discovered on 29 September...3 KB (249 words) - 00:17, 23 April 2024
- The Soyuz-7 (Russian: Союз-7) or Amur (Russian: Аму́р) is a partially-reusable, methane–fueled, orbital launch vehicle currently in the design concept...24 KB (1,722 words) - 09:47, 30 March 2024
- Naro-1 (Korean: 나로호), previously designated the Korea Space Launch Vehicle or KSLV (also KSLV-1), was South Korea's first carrier rocket, and the first...26 KB (2,391 words) - 18:07, 1 May 2024
- A total lunar eclipse took place on 10 December 2011. It was the second of two total lunar eclipses in 2011, the first having occurred on June 15. A lunar...11 KB (707 words) - 14:31, 3 October 2023
- PHL 293B, also known as Kinman's dwarf, is a low-metallicity blue compact dwarf galaxy about 22.6 Mpc from the Earth in the constellation Aquarius. It...10 KB (844 words) - 05:59, 16 December 2023
- 16 Psyche (/ˈsaɪkiː/ SY-kee) is a large M-type asteroid, which was discovered by the Italian astronomer Annibale de Gasparis, on 17 March 1852 and named...44 KB (3,587 words) - 03:49, 25 April 2024
- Flora (minor planet designation: 8 Flora) is a large, bright main-belt asteroid. It is the innermost large asteroid: no asteroid closer to the Sun has...11 KB (863 words) - 11:16, 6 May 2024
- The Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) is a 9.2-metre optical telescope designed mainly for spectroscopy. It consists of 91 hexagonal mirror segments...14 KB (1,723 words) - 17:00, 19 July 2023
- Skadi Mons /ˈskɑːði ˈmɒnz/ is a mountain on Venus in Maxwell Montes, at the center of Ishtar Terra. It is the highest point on the planet, with an altitude...2 KB (82 words) - 17:06, 19 March 2024
- The growth of plants in outer space has elicited much scientific interest. In the late 20th and early 21st century, plants were often taken into space...38 KB (3,877 words) - 03:09, 15 March 2024
- This list of crewed Mars mission plans is a listing of concept studies for a crewed mission to Mars during the 20th and 21st centuries. It is limited to...83 KB (7,539 words) - 09:25, 3 March 2024
- The Centennial Challenges are NASA space competition inducement prize contests for non-government-funded technological achievements by American teams....34 KB (3,557 words) - 19:35, 25 February 2024