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Person who commands, pilots, or serves as a crew member of a spacecraft

Interstellar travel

Hypothetical travel between stars or planetary systems

Facility from which rockets are launched

Rocket used to carry an object into space

Orbital spaceflight

Spaceflight where spacecraft orbits an astronomical body

Vehicle propelled by a reaction gas engine

Reaction engine using stored propellant(s) to produce thrust

Human-made object put into an orbit

Type of spacecraft

Space colonization

Concept of permanent human habitation outside of Earth

Space settlement

A type of space station, intended as a permanent settlement

Habitable artificial satellite

A garment worn to keep a human alive in the harsh environment of outer space

Flight into or through outer space

Sub-orbital spaceflight

Spaceflight where the spacecraft does not go into orbit

Uncrewed spacecraft

Unmanned robotic spacecraft that doesn't orbit the Earth, but, instead, explores further into outer space