M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System — (MLRS) M270 MLRS Type Multiple rocket launcher Place of origin … Wikipedia
launch vehicle — Aerospace. a rocket used to launch a spacecraft or satellite into orbit or a space probe into space. [1955 1960] * * * Rocket system that boosts a spacecraft into Earth orbit or beyond Earth s gravitational pull. A wide variety of launch vehicles … Universalium
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 — Launch Complex 39 redirects here. For the Proton launch complex at Baikonur, see Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200. Launch Complex 39 An aerial view of Launch Complex 39 Launch site Kennedy Space Center Locat … Wikipedia
Reusable launch system — A reusable launch system (or reusable launch vehicle, RLV) is a launch system which is capable of launching a launch vehicle into space more than once. This contrasts with expendable launch systems, where each launch vehicle is launched once and… … Wikipedia
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 41 — Infobox Launch Pad name = Launch Complex 41 caption =An aerial view of LC 41. The Atlas V on the pad is the one used to launch New Horizons to Pluto. site = Cape Canaveral Air Force Station location =28°35 N 80°34 58 W short = LC 41 operator = US … Wikipedia
Multi-site church — A multi site church is one church that meets at multiple locations. Churches began to use the multi site church model in the mid 1980s (see Ichthus Christian Fellowship). Today s approach ranges from transmitting a sermon by satellite to multiple … Wikipedia
The Site — Infobox television show name = The Site caption = The Site Logo format = runtime = creator = starring = Soledad O Brien opentheme = endtheme = country = USA network = MSNBC first aired = July 15, 1996 last aired = August 18, 1997 num episodes =… … Wikipedia
Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site — [ Kwajalein infrastructure and RTS headquarters, click to enlarge.] The Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site, commonly referred to as the Reagan Test Site, is a missile test range in the Pacific Ocean. It covers about 750,000 square… … Wikipedia
rocket and missile system — ▪ weapons system Introduction any of a variety of weapons systems that deliver explosive warheads to their targets by means of rocket propulsion. Rocket is a general term used broadly to describe a variety of jet propelled missiles… … Universalium
Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… … Universalium
Moon landing — For other uses, see Moon landing (disambiguation). Still frame from the video transmission of Neil Armstrong stepping onto the surface of the Moon at 02:56 UTC on 21 July 1969. An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched this event,… … Wikipedia