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The Executive Branch agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research.
Orbit in which the spacecraft moves in the opposite direction from the planet's rotatation. See prograde.
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The deflection or bending of electromagnetic waves when they pass from one kind of transparent medium into another.
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The deflection or bouncing of electromagnetic waves when they encounter a surface.
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A fundamental property of an object comprising a numerical measure of its inertia; the amount of matter in the object. While an object's mass is constant (ignoring Relativity for this purpose), its weight will vary depending on its location. Mass can only be measured in conjunction with force and acceleration.
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Great circles that pass through both the north and south poles, also called meridians.
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Time adjusted for location around the Earth or other planets in time zones.
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