The "Orion" Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) is a planned beyond-low-earth-orbit manned spacecraft that is being built by Lockheed Martin for NASA based on designs and tests already completed as part…

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a scientific research organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command …

Launched on August 10, 1992, TOPEX/Poseidon was a joint satellite mission between NASA, the U.S. space agency, and CNES, the French space agency, to map ocean surface topography. The first…

Thuraya (Arabic: الثريا‎), from the Arabic name Thurayya meaning Star, is an international mobile satellite services provider that delivers communications…

The Thuraya XT-DUAL is a satellite mobile phone, a handset that features both GSM and satellite capabilities. It was designed to withstand the harshest of…

The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) is a Max Planck Institute, located in Garching, Germany (North of Munich). The…

The Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society. It is…

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 189 Member States and Territories. It originated…

The Astrophysical Journal is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering astronomy and astrophysics. It was founded in 1895 by the American…

The Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) is a research centre in astronomy and astrophysics at Liverpool John Moores University (United Kingdom).…