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    Bernard Anthony Harris Jr. (born June 26, 1956) is a former NASA astronaut. On February 9, 1995, Harris became the first African American to perform an...
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    The Treadmill with Vibration Isolation Stabilization System, commonly abbreviated as TVIS, is a treadmill for use on board the International Space Station...
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    Thomas Charles Van Flandern (June 26, 1940 – January 9, 2009) was an American astronomer and author specializing in celestial mechanics. Van Flandern had...
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  • The Centennial Challenges are NASA space competition inducement prize contests for non-government-funded technological achievements by American teams....
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  • The following is a list of stars in the Argo Navis constellation. List of stars by constellation Kunitzsch, P. & Smart, T. (2006). A Dictionary of Modern...
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    Zeta Leporis, Latinized from ζ Leporis, is a star approximately 70.5 light-years (21.6 parsecs) away in the southern constellation of Lepus. It has an...
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  • Thumbnail for Earth orbit rendezvous
    Earth orbit rendezvous (EOR) is a method for conducting round trip human flights to the Moon, involving the use of space rendezvous to assemble, and possibly...
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