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Parent topics
- Aircraft [r]: A vehicle capable of sustained flight within the Earth's atmosphere. [e]
- Rocket science [r]: Variously an incorrect name for various engineering disciplines in dealing with unguided rockets or the rocket motors of more intelligent vehicles, or an ironic description of something very complex or very simple (i.e., "this isn't rocket science") [e]
Subtopics
- Atmospheric reentry [r]: The movement of human-made or natural objects as they enter the atmosphere of a planet from outer space, in the case of Earth from an altitude above the 'edge of space.' [e]
- Fixed-wing aircraft [r]: Vehicles that remain aloft using the lift from the flow of air over wings which are fixed in position, in relation to the rest of their structure. [e]
- Helicopter [r]: Aircraft with one or more power-driven horizontal rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades, that enable it to take off and land vertically, move in any direction, or remain stationary in the air. [e]
- List of Aerospace Engineering Historical Events
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration [r]: Independent agency of the U.S. government responsible for the nation's public space program. [e] (NASA)
- National Institute of Aerospace [r]: A non-profit research and graduate education institute headquartered in Hampton, Virginia, near NASA's Langley Research Center. [e]
- Aerospace Engineering [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Aeronautics [r]: Science involved with the study, theory, design, and manufacture of flight-capable machines, or the techniques of operating aircraft. [e]
Companies
- Airbus [r]: Add brief definition or description
- BaE Systems [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Boeing [r]: US-based company making aircraft and spacecraft. [e]
- Northrop Grumman [r]: A large U.S. military and high-technology manufacturer [e]
- Raytheon [r]: A large US technology company, much of whose market is military, but also provides products, especially electronics, to the civilian sector [e]
Other related topics
- Armadillo Aerospace [r]: Aerospace startup company based in Mesquite, Texas, with its initial goal is to build a manned suborbital spacecraft capable of space tourism, but with long-term ambitions of orbital spaceflight. [e]
- Bigelow Aerospace [r]: North Las Vegas, Nevada space technology startup company that is pioneering work on expandable space station modules, founded in 1999 by hotelier Robert Bigelow. [e]
- Chemical engineering [r]: The field of engineering that deals with industrial and natural processes involving the chemical, physical or biological transformation of matter or energy into forms useful for mankind, economically and safely without compromising the environment [e]
- England [r]: The largest and southernmost country in the United Kingdom, and location of the largest city and seat of government, London; population about 51,000,000. [e]
- National Institute of Aerospace [r]: A non-profit research and graduate education institute headquartered in Hampton, Virginia, near NASA's Langley Research Center. [e]
- SpaceX [r]: American space transport company founded by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, which has developed the Falcon 1 and is developing the Falcon 9, both of which are partially reusable launch vehicles. [e]
- United Auto Workers [r]: American and Canadian labor union, founded 1935. [e]
