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The H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), also called Kounotori (こうのとり, Kōnotori, "Oriental stork" or "white stork"), is an expendable, automated cargo spacecraft...

Anton M.J. "Tom" Gehrels (February 21, 1925 – July 11, 2011) was a Dutch–American astronomer, Professor of Planetary Sciences, and Astronomer at the University...

The electrical system of the International Space Station is a critical resource for the International Space Station (ISS) because it allows the crew to...

The ambient pressure on an object is the pressure of the surrounding medium, such as a gas or liquid, in contact with the object. Within the atmosphere...

HD 50235 is a class K5III (orange giant) star located approximately 811 light years away, in the constellation Puppis. Its apparent magnitude is 4.99....

HD 259431 (MWC 147 or V700 Monocerotis) is a young stellar object in the constellation of Monoceros. HD 259431 lies in the northern portion of Monoceros...

Adam Frank (born 1962) is an American physicist, astronomer, and writer. His scientific research has focused on computational astrophysics with an emphasis...

Bradley C. Edwards is an American physicist who has been involved in the development of the space elevator concept. Dr Edwards received his PhD degree...

1826 Miller, provisional designation 1955 RC1, is a stony Eoan asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 24 kilometers in diameter...

1663 van den Bos, provisional designation 1926 PE, is a stony Florian asteroid and an exceptionally slow rotator from the inner regions of the asteroid...

David John Southwood CBE (born 30 June 1945) is a British space scientist who holds the post of Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College London...

Hermann Ganswindt (12 June 1856, Voigtshof bei Seeburg, East Prussia – 25 October 1934) was a German inventor and spaceflight scientist, whose inventions...