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(Encyclopedia) Armstrong, Neil Alden, 1930–2012, American astronaut, b. Wapakoneta, Ohio, grad. Purdue Univ. (B.S., 1955), Univ. of Southern California (M.S., 1970). A U.S. Navy fighter pilot during the Korean War...

(Encyclopedia) European Space Operations Center (ESOC): see European Space Agency. ...

(Encyclopedia) European Space Research Institute (ESRIN): see European Space Agency. ...

(Encyclopedia) European Space Research Organization (ESRO): see European Space Agency. ...

(Encyclopedia) Infrared Space Observatory: see infrared astronomy. ...

(Encyclopedia) Alamogordo ălˌəməgôrˈdō, –də [key], city, seat of Otero co., S N.Mex., near the Sacramento Mts.; inc. 1912. Holloman Air Force Base, home to U.S. stealth aircraf...

(Encyclopedia) Rogers, William Pierce, 1913–2001, U.S. government official, b. Norfolk, N.Y. Admitted to the bar in 1937, he served (1947–50) as chief counsel to two Senate investigating committees before becomi...

(Encyclopedia) Spitzer Space Telescope: see infrared astronomy; observatory, orbiting. ...

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

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