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Are there multiple types of UTC time?

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Objects move clockwise instead of counter-clockwise

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Do any systems in space use Artificial Intelligence yet?

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sun pointing coordinate system design

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What kept the Soviets from going to the Moon (before the US)?

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Space craft and interstellar objects

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what kind of valves are used in payload fairing for venting?

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How much does it cost to build terrestrial ground station capable of controlling satellites orbiting the moon?

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Methane or LOX tank at Boca Chica

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Why did Starship start tilting to one side as soon as it lifted off during IFT-2?

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Object slowest at periapsis - despite correct position calculation

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Transform ECI to ECEF

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NASA’s NIAC has awarded phase III funding for Diffractive Solar Sails. Demonstration mission in the works?

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Slowing down 16 Psyche using an enormous solar sail to reach the inner planets

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Is mandatory to coat SLV fairing with anti static paint, please? [closed]

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What were the sizes of the roll-on cuffs called?

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Is a brachistochrone the best ascent profile?

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Are there examples of spaceflight equipment being redesigned to remove right hand bias? (To make it less difficult to use left-handed)

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Typical external temperature profile for a LEO satellite

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What is ascent venting?

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How to read stuffin.space data?

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What kind of propulsion did/does the Raytheon EKV vehicle use?

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Visualization tool for Space Rendezvous and docking [closed]

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Artifical Gravity central core [duplicate]

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Has Demonstrator-1 2021-006BX demonstrated a hydrogen-oxygen combustion engine fueled by electrolysis yet?


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