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Salyut
(Encyclopedia)Salyut, Soviet space station: see space exploration; space station. ...Skylab
(Encyclopedia)Skylab: see space exploration; space station. ...Apollo space program
(Encyclopedia)Apollo space program: see space exploration. ...Hubble Space Telescope
(Encyclopedia)Hubble Space Telescope (HST), the first large optical orbiting observatory. Built from 1978 to 1990 at a cost of $1.5 billion, the HST (named for astronomer E. P. Hubble) was expected to provide the c...Infrared Space Observatory
(Encyclopedia)Infrared Space Observatory: see infrared astronomy. ...Gemini space program
(Encyclopedia)Gemini space program: see space exploration. ...Mariner space program
(Encyclopedia)Mariner space program: see space exploration. ...Mercury space program
(Encyclopedia)Mercury space program: see space exploration. ...Webb Space Telescope
(Encyclopedia)Webb Space Telescope or James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), is an infrared space telescope, the largest in space at its launc...Voyager, space probes
(Encyclopedia)Voyager, in space exploration: see space exploration; space probe. ...Browse by Subject
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