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space environment

The region beginning at the lower boundary of the Earth's ionosphere (approximately 50 km) and extending outward that contains solid particles (asteroids and meteoroids), energetic charged particles (ions, protons, electrons, etc.), and electromagnetic and ionizing radiation (x-rays, extreme ultraviolet, gamma rays, etc.). See also ionosphere.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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They are also designed to help NASA understand the space environment around us better.
de Groh of the NASA Glenn Research Center will present the keynote address on durability of polymers in the space environment and space flight experiments on the International Space Station.
The ISS, which was established in 1998, is the largest man-made structure in Earth's low orbit, and serves as a space environment research lab where experiments in biology, physics, astronomy, meteorology and other fields are conducted.
Speakers presented important scientific challenges in understanding the behaviour of the sun, which in turn limits the ability to predict its impact on our space environment. Discussions of potential space missions focused on CubeSats, which provide an affordable and powerful means of studying the full surface of the sun and characterizing its impact on us from space.
- NASA Keynote Address: Understanding the Challenges of a Contested and Congested Space Environment
While traversing each space environment, avoiding offensive missiles, your future-suited hero is able to dash through force fields, freeze bullets or enemies, remote detonate bombs and activate platforms to climb higher or construct defences.
The mission was undertaken to give the company's customers additional assurance and confidence that an electronic controller and propulsion system perform as specified in the harsh space environment where reliability, precision and control are paramount.
The Space Environment and Its Effects on Space Systems, 2nd Edition
Founded in 2010, Made In Space has developed additive manufacturing technology for use in the space environment.
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