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meteoroid a small body found in outer space that is the remnant of a comet monolithic made of one single piece or unit navigation to guide a ship, aircraft, or guided missile nozzle a small opening on the lower side of a rocket from which waste gases are released orbit a curved path around a celestial body orbiter a part of the space shuttle that moves in the orbit of a heavenly body outcome the end result of an experiment outer planets the four planets of the solar system, namely, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune payload cargo, or the heavyweight equipment and instruments propellant something that helps in moving ahead rocket booster small rockets attached to the sides of the space shuttle that help lift it off the ground rover an automatic, mobile spacecraft that moves on a surface space suit a special type of suit designed to protect astronauts from the harsh conditions of outer space telecommunication transfer of information in the form of waves through telephone, television, radio, etc. terraform a hypothetical process of modifying the living condi- tions of a planet in order to make it habitable for human beings

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SPACE EXPLORATION