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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...

Columbia, U.S. space shuttle

(Encyclopedia)Columbia, U.S. space shuttle. On its 28th flight, on Feb. 1, 2003, after completing a 16-day scientific mission, the spacecraft disintegrated during reentry, killing its seven-person crew. About 16 mi...

Space Infrared Telescope Facility

(Encyclopedia)Space Infrared Telescope Facility: see observatory, orbiting. ...

teleportation, in science fiction

(Encyclopedia)teleportation, in science fiction, the process of instantaneously transporting a person or an object between two points, usually by disappearing from one place and reappearing at a second place as a p...

United States National Science Foundation

(Encyclopedia)United States National Science Foundation: see National Science Foundation. ...

Mir, Soviet and Russian space station

(Encyclopedia)Mir, Soviet and Russian space station: see space exploration; space station. ...

European Space Research and Technology Center

(Encyclopedia)European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC): see European Space Agency. ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science

(Encyclopedia)American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), private organization devoted to furthering the work of scientists and improving the effectiveness of science in the promotion of human welfa...

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

(Encyclopedia)Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs: see Rotblat, Sir Joseph. ...

secession, in political science

(Encyclopedia)secession, in political science, formal withdrawal from an association by a group discontented with the actions or decisions of that association. The term is generally used to refer to withdrawal from...