A Glossary On Space Technology!

The science of building and operating vehicles for flight.

Rocket engines of the small thrust are used for fine adjustments in velocity and trajectory.

The technique of connecting two or more spacecraft in space.

To cancel or cut short a mission.

The radio signal is transmitted to a spacecraft from Earth.

Table of predicted positions of bodies in the solar system.

A cloud of dust or gas is found between stars.

That region of space surrounding the Earth is dominated by the magnetic field.

Relating to the space between the Earth and the orbit of the Moon.

The process of decelerating by converting velocity into heat through friction with a planetary atmosphere.

The science of the Earth's shape.

A circumstellar disc of icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune.

The direction from a spacecraft directly down toward the center of a planet.

A round impression left on a planet or satellite from a meteoroid.

Communications mode consists only of downlink received from a spacecraft.

That point in a lunar orbit which is nearest to the Moon.

The visible light that appears at night in the upper atmosphere.

A rocket is fired to reduce the speed of a spacecraft.

A piloted or unpiloted vehicle designed for travel in space.

A place in space where matter and light cannot escape if they fall in.