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Space
The region beyond the
Earth's atmosphere. Its beginning is hard to define, for the atmosphere does not end
abruptly but simply grows thinner and thinner with increasing height.
For man, the conditions of
space begin at about 45,000 feet. Above this level, he requires a sealed, pressurized suit
or cabin for breathing. Winged, airbreathing jet aircraft can operate at sustained
altitudes of a little more than 80,000 feet. Balloons have risen to about 150,000 feet.
Rocket-powered aircraft, not requiring oxygen from the air, have ascended to more than
354,000 feet, or some 67 miles, a level above 99 percent of the atmosphere. At an altitude
of about 100 miles, satellites can orbit the Earth. Here, true space may be said to begin.
The farther regions of
space are described by the bodies that limit them. Cislunar space is the area between the
Earth and the moon. Interplanetary space lies between the sun and the planets of the solar
system. Interstellar space lies between the stars of a galaxy. Intergalactic space —
unimaginably huge — lies between the myriad galaxies of the universe.
Related
software:
Amazing Universe
III CD-Rom.
Americans in
Space - Mac - CD-ROM.
Americans in
Space - PC - CD-ROM.
Beyond Planet
Earth - PC - CD-ROM.
Complete Space
& Astronomy C/Ww95/Us.
Journey to the
Planets - CD-ROM.
Outer Space (
Cd-Rom Factfinders Interactive Multimedia).
Space &
Astronomy Cdrom : 1080 Image Files, 5000 Text Files, Plus Astronomy and Space Shareware
Cd-Rom.
Stars and
Galaxies (book & CD-ROM).
Views of the
Solar System CD-ROM.
Related
videos:
America in Space:
First 25 Years.
Conquest of Space.
Hubble Space
Telescope: Rescue in Space.
Inside the Soviet
Union 10 The Space Race: From Sputnik to Soyuz-Apollo.
Journey Into
Space.
Lift Off to Space.
Men in Space.
Mysteries of Deep
Space.
N.A.S.A. Space
Series - Vols. 1-5.
Nova - Rescue
Mission in Space.
Origin of the
Universe.
Return to Space.
Secrets of the
Unknown: Space.
Space Age.
Space Age Program
- Set.
Space Mysteries.
Space Shuttle
Story: To the Heavens.
Twentieth Century
With Mike Wallace: Crisis in Space-Real Story of Apollo 13.
U.S Space &
Rocket Center W/Spacecamp.
Ultimate Space
Experience.
Understanding
Space Travel.
We Are Not Alone:
Space Voyagers.
Related
books:
1000 Facts About
Space.
1001 Things
Everyone Should Know About the Universe.
About Time:
Einstein's Unfinished Revolution.
Advanced Stellar
Astrophysics.
Adventure in
Space: The Flight to Fix the Hubble.
Adventures in
Celestial Mechanics: A First Course in the Theory of Orbits.
After Contact:
The Human Response to Extraterrestrial Life.
All About Space
(Scholastic First Encyclopedia).
Amazing
Spacefacts: Solar System, Stars, Space Travel (Facts at Your Fingertips).
Fundamentals of
Astrodynamics and Applications.
Space Mission
Analysis and Design (Space Technology Library).
The 21st Century
in Space (Isaac Asimov's New Library of the Universe).
The Last Three
Minutes: Conjectures About the Ultimate Fate of the Universe (Science Masters Series).
The Origin of the
Universe (Science Masters Series).
The Space
Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design.
Understanding
Space: An Introduction to Astronautics.
Click
here for more related
books.
Further
info:
National Air and Space Museum.
Space & Flight.
Space, Planetary, and Astronomical
Cyber-Experience (SPACE).
The NASA Homepage.
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