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  2. WorldView-3 - Wikipedia

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    WorldView-4 →. WorldView-3 ( WV 3) is a commercial Earth observation satellite owned by DigitalGlobe. It was launched on 13 August 2014 to become DigitalGlobe's sixth satellite in orbit, joining Ikonos which was launched in 1999, QuickBird in 2001, WorldView-1 in 2007, GeoEye-1 in 2008, and WorldView-2 in 2009.

  3. Project Gemini - Wikipedia

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    Project Gemini ( IPA: / ˈdʒɛmɪni /) was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. Conducted after the first American crewed space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in early development, Gemini was conceived in 1961 and concluded in 1966. The Gemini spacecraft carried a two-astronaut crew.

  4. Orbit (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of eye with surrounding superior, oblique, medial and inferior rectus muscles; supraorbital foramen shown above the eye, and inferior orbital fissure inferolaterally. In anatomy, the orbit is the cavity or socket/hole of the skull in which the eye and its appendages are situated. "Orbit" can refer to the bony socket, [1] or it can also ...

  5. Project Mercury - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. An early highlight of the Space Race, its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely, ideally before the Soviet Union.

  6. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter - Wikipedia

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    The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter ( LRO) is a NASA robotic spacecraft currently orbiting the Moon in an eccentric polar mapping orbit. [ 6][ 7] Data collected by LRO have been described as essential for planning NASA's future human and robotic missions to the Moon. [ 8] Its detailed mapping program is identifying safe landing sites, locating ...

  7. Human spaceflight programs - Wikipedia

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    Project Mercury (USA, 1959–1963) Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. It ran from 1959 through 1963 with the goal of putting a human in orbit around the Earth. John Glenn 's Mercury-Atlas 6 flight on 20 February 1962 was the first Mercury flight to achieve this goal.

  8. Human eye - Wikipedia

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    Human eye. Human eye. The eye of the right side of the face, showing its visible components - a white sclera, a light brown iris, and the black pupil, in its orbit surrounded by the lids and lashes. 1. vitreous body 2. ora serrata 3. ciliary muscle 4. ciliary zonules 5.

  9. Soviet space program - Wikipedia

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    Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957, beating the United States and stunning people all over the world. [ 83] The Soviet space program pioneered many aspects of space exploration: 1957: First intercontinental ballistic missile and orbital launch vehicle, the R-7 Semyorka. 1957: First satellite, Sputnik 1.