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Arianespace

(Encyclopedia)Arianespace: see European Space Agency. ...

Meteosat

(Encyclopedia)Meteosat: see European Space Agency. ...

lunar exploration

(Encyclopedia)lunar exploration: see space exploration. ...

McDonald Observatory

(Encyclopedia)McDonald Observatory, astronomical observatory located on Mt. Locke, near Fort Davis, Tex.; founded in 1932, sponsored by the Univ. of Texas in cooperation with the Univ. of Chicago. Its equipment inc...

dwarf tree

(Encyclopedia)dwarf tree, in horticultural practice, a tree artificially kept to a smaller size than is normal for average members of the species. This is usually accomplished either by limiting its root space and ...

Portland, cities, United States

(Encyclopedia)Portland. 1 City (1990 pop. 64,358), seat of Cumberland co., SW Maine, situated on a small peninsula and adjacent land, with a large, deepwater harbor on Casco Bay; settled c.1632, set off from Falmou...

Manchester, Victoria University of

(Encyclopedia)Manchester, Victoria University of, at Manchester, England; founded 1880 as Victoria Univ., an outgrowth of Owens College (est. 1851). In 1903 the university was reconstituted and its present name was...

NASA

(Encyclopedia)NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ...

Strategic Air Command

(Encyclopedia)Strategic Air Command (SAC), former command of the U.S. air force (see Air Force, United States Department of the) charged with organizing, training, equipping, administering, and preparing strategic ...

European Astronaut Center

(Encyclopedia)European Astronaut Center (EAC): see European Space Agency. ...