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2. Outer space - Wikipedia

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   Outer space. Comet Lovejoy is seen behind the yellow-green line of atmospheric airglow, which lies roughly at the boundary between outer space and Earth at an altitude of 100 km. Outer space (or simply space) is the expanse beyond celestial bodies and their atmospheres. It contains ultra-low levels of particle densities, constituting a near ...

3. List of missions to the outer planets - Wikipedia

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   A total of nine spacecraft have been launched on missions that involve visits to the outer planets; all nine missions involve encounters with Jupiter, with four spacecraft also visiting Saturn. One spacecraft, Voyager 2, also visited Uranus and Neptune. The nine missions include two, Ulysses and New Horizons, whose primary objectives were not ...

4. Space exploration - Wikipedia

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   Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. [1] While the exploration of space is currently carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, its physical exploration is conducted both by uncrewed robotic space probes and human spaceflight. Space exploration, like its classical form astronomy, is one ...

5. Future of space exploration - Wikipedia

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   The future of space exploration involves both telescopic exploration and the physical exploration of space by robotic spacecraft and human spaceflight . Near-term physical exploration missions, focused on obtaining new information about the Solar System, are planned and announced by both national and private organisations.

6. List of topics in space - Wikipedia

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   List of topics in space; topics as related to outer space. Accidents in space; Animals in space; Architecture in space; Batteries in space; Christmas in space; Corrosion in space; Death in space; Dogs in space; Dust in space; Economy in space (Mining in space) Garbage in space; Humans in space; Hygiene in space; Industry in space; Locomotion in ...

7. List of NASA missions - Wikipedia

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   List of NASA missions. Comparison of NASA Mercury, Gemini, :) Apollo, and Space Shuttle spacecraft with their launch vehicles. This is a list of NASA missions, both crewed and robotic, since the establishment of NASA in 1957. There are over 80 currently active science missions. [1]