The Hutchinson Dictionary of Space Exploration -- Preface -- Table of contents -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- A -- AAS -- AATSR -- aberration of starlight -- aberration of starlight -- ablation shield -- ablation shield -- ABMA -- abort -- abort sensing and implementation system -- ASIS, -- absolute magnitude -- absorption lines -- acceleration, secular -- accretion -- accretion disc -- ace -- Ace Moving Company -- achondrite -- acquisition of signal -- AOS, -- actinometer -- (Greek 'ray measure') -- active galaxy -- active microwave instrument -- AMI, -- activity -- ACTS -- Adamson, James Craig (1946- ) -- ADEOS -- ADF -- Adhara -- or Epsilon Canis Majoris, -- advanced along-track scanning radiometer -- AATSR, -- Advanced Communications Technology Satellite -- ACTS, -- NASA's Advanced Communications Technology Satellite -- Advanced Earth-Observing Satellite -- ADEOS, -- Advanced Earth-Observing Satellite -- Advanced Land-Observing Satellite -- ALOS, -- Advanced Life-Support Program -- advanced microwave sounder unit -- AMSU, -- advanced multi-mission operations system -- AMMOS, -- Advanced Radio Interferometry between Space and Earth -- ARISE, -- advanced radioisotope power system -- ARPS -- or radioisotope thermal generator (RTG), -- Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems -- ARTES, -- Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics -- ASCA, -- advanced synthetic aperture radar -- ASAR, -- advanced very high-resolution radiometer -- AVHRR, -- Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility -- AXAF, -- Aelita -- Aerobee rocket -- aerobraking -- or aerodynamic braking, -- aerodynamic drag -- aeronautics -- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics -- Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics -- aeroshell.

Aerospace Directing and Controlling Centre -- Aerospike -- AFTE -- Agena rocket -- Agena rocket -- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana -- ASI -- English Italian Space Agency, -- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana -- AIAA -- aimpoint -- airlock -- air-sampling system -- Akers, Thomas Dale (1951- ) -- albedo -- alcohol -- Aldrin, Buzz (1930- ) -- born Edwin Eugene Aldrin, -- Aldrin -- Aldrin -- ALH 84001 -- ALH84001 -- Allen, Andrew Michael (1955- ) -- Allen, Joseph Percival, IV (1937- ) -- all-sky monitor -- ASM, -- almucantar -- along-track scanning radiometer -- ATSR, -- ALOS -- Alouette -- Alpha -- or Space Station Alpha, -- alpha proton X-ray spectrometer -- APXS, -- Alphonsus -- Alphonsus -- Alps, Lunar -- ALSA -- ALSEP -- altazimuth -- altimetry -- altitude -- or elevation, -- Altman, Scott Douglas (1959- ) -- aluminium -- chemical symbol Al, -- American Astronautical Society -- AAS, -- American Astronomical Society -- AAS, -- American Astronomical Society -- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics -- AIAA, -- Ames Research Center -- Ames Research Center -- Ames Research Center -- AMMOS -- AMSU -- AMU -- analyser of space plasma and energetic atoms -- ASPERA, -- Anders, William Alison (1933- ) -- Anderson, Clayton Conrad (1959- ) -- Anderson, Michael Philip (1959-2003) -- Anglo-Australian Telescope -- Anik -- Anita and Arabella -- announcement of opportunity -- AO, -- anomaly -- anthropic principle -- anti-g garment -- antimatter -- anti-motion sickness injector -- antisuffocation valve -- AO -- A-OK -- AOS -- Apache Point Observatory -- apastron -- Apennines, Lunar -- aperture synthesis -- aphelion -- apoapsis -- apogee -- Apollo asteroid -- Apollo lunar surface experiments package -- ALSEP, -- Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package -- Apollo project -- Apollo 1 -- Apollo 7 -- Apollo 8 -- Apollo 9 -- Apollo 10 -- Apollo 11 -- Apollo 12 -- Apollo 13.

Apollo 14 -- Apollo 15 -- Apollo 16 -- Apollo 17 -- Apollo project -- Apollo project -- Apollo project -- Apollo project -- Apollo project -- Apollo project -- Apollo project -- Apollo 11 -- Apollo and Skylab -- Apollo sleeping bag -- Apollo-Soyuz Test Project -- ASTP, -- Apollo Telescope Mount -- ATM, -- apolune -- or apselene, -- apparent -- Applications Technology Satellite -- ATS, -- apsis -- plural apsides, -- APT -- Apt, Jay (1949- ) -- born Jerome Apt III, -- APU -- APXS -- Arabsat -- Archambault, Lee Joseph (1960- ) -- arc minute -- symbol ', -- Arecibo Observatory -- argument -- argument -- Ariane rocket -- Ariane rocket -- Arianespace -- Ariel -- Ariel -- ARISE -- Aristarchus -- Aristarchus of Samos (c. 320-c. 250 BC) -- Armstrong, Neil Alden (1930- ) -- Armstrong, Neil -- Army Ballistic Missile Agency -- ABMA, -- ARPS -- Artemis -- ARTES -- Aryabhata -- ASAR -- ASCA -- ascan -- Ashby, Jeffrey Shears (1954- ) -- ashen light -- ASI -- AsiaSat 3 -- later HGS-1, -- ASI/MET -- ASIS -- ASM -- ASPERA -- assembly -- assembly, test, and launch operations -- ATLO, -- Association of Specialist Technical Organizations for Space -- ASTOS, -- asteroid -- recent research -- Asteroid Introduction -- Asteroids and Comets -- ASTOS -- ASTP -- astrobiology -- Astrobiology Web -- astrogeology -- astrometry -- astronaut -- Spacefacts -- Astronaut Hall of Fame -- astronautics -- Basics of Space Flight -- astronaut life-support assembly -- ALSA, -- astronaut manoeuvring unit -- AMU, -- astronaut wings -- Astronomical Almanac -- astronomical unit -- AU, -- astronomy -- Astro Observatory -- astrophotography -- astrophysics -- Astrophysics Data Facility -- ADF, -- Athena rocket -- Atlantis -- Atlantis -- Atlantis -- Atlantis -- ATLAS -- Atlas rocket -- ATLO -- ATM -- atmospheric entry probe -- Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science -- ATLAS, -- ATLAS-1.

ATLAS-2 -- ATLAS-3 -- atmospheric revitalization rack -- atmospheric structure instrument/meteorology package -- ASI/MET, -- ATS -- ATSR -- attitude control -- A-type rocket -- Russian name R-7 rocket, -- Augustine Advisory Committee -- aurora -- Auroras: Paintings in the Sky -- Aurora 7 -- Aurora 7 -- AUSSAT -- Australia Telescope -- auto -- autogenic-feedback training exercise -- AFTE, -- automatic interplanetary station -- automatic picture transmission -- APT, -- Automatic Transfer Vehicle -- ATV, -- auxiliary power unit -- APU, -- Avco Corporation -- Avdeyev, Sergei Vasilyevich (1956- ) -- AVHRR -- avionics -- AXAF -- azimuth -- B -- Baade, (Wilhelm Heinrich) Walter (1893-1960) -- Babakin Science and Research Centre -- backpack -- back-up -- back-up -- Bagian, James Philipp (1952- ) -- Baikonur Cosmodrome -- or Baykonur Cosmodrome, -- Baikonur Cosmodrome -- Baker, Ellen Louise Shulman (1953- ) -- Baker, Michael Allen (1953- ) -- ballistic descent -- ballistic trajectory -- ballistic trajectory -- balloon -- Barringer Crater -- or Arizona Meteor Crater or Coon Butte, -- Barry, Daniel Thomas (1953- ) -- BARSC -- Bassett, Charles Arthur, II (1931-1966) -- beacon -- Beagle 2 -- Bean, Alan LaVern (1932- ) -- Belka and Strelka -- Bell Aerosystems -- Bell Bomi -- Bell Burnell, (Susan) Jocelyn (1943- ) -- life -- the discovery of pulsars -- Little Green Men, White Dwarfs, or Pulsars? -- Belyayev, Pavel (1925-1970) -- bends -- or compressed-air sickness or caisson disease, -- Bennet -- BepiColombo -- Berezovoi, Anatoly (1942- ) -- berthing -- Beta cloth -- B F Goodrich Company -- BIG -- Big Bang -- Big Crunch -- binary star -- biological isolation garment -- BIG, -- biomedical monitoring sensor -- BIO-Plex -- Bioregenerative Planetary Life-Support Systems Test Complex -- BIO-Plex, -- Biosatellite Cosmos -- Biosatellite Cosmos -- bipropellant.

Black Arrow rocket -- black hole -- Black Holes and Beyond -- Blaha, John Elmer (1942- ) -- Blaha -- blast-off -- Block -- Bloomfield, Michael John (1959- ) -- blue shift -- Bluford, Guion Stewart, Jr (1942- ) -- BNSC -- Bobko, Karol Joseph (1937- ) -- Bode's law -- or Titius-Bode law, -- body flap -- Boeing Company -- boilerplate -- Bok, Bart J(an) (1906-1983) -- Boksenberg, Alexander (1936- ) -- Bolden, Charles Frank, Jr (1946- ) -- bolometric magnitude -- Bondarenko, Valentin (1937-1961) -- boom -- booster -- booster -- Boot Hill -- Borman, Frank (1928- ) -- Bowersox, Kenneth Dwane (1956- ) -- bow shock crossing -- Brady, Charles Eldon, Jr (1951- ) -- Brahe, Tycho (1546-1601) -- Brahe, Tycho -- Brand, Vance DeVoe (1931- ) -- Brandenstein, Daniel Charles (1943- ) -- Brasilsat -- Bridges, Roy Dunbard, Jr (1943- ) -- British Association of Remote-Sensing Companies -- BARSC, -- British Interplanetary Society -- BIS, -- British Interplanetary Society -- British National Space Centre -- BNSC, -- British National Space Centre -- Brown, Curtis Lee, Jr (1956- ) -- Brown, David McDowell (1956-2003) -- Brown, Mark Neil (1951- ) -- Brown, Robert Hanbury (1916-2002) -- brown dwarf -- B-type rocket -- Buchli, James Frederick (1945- ) -- Budarin, Nikolai Mikhailovich (1953- ) -- built-in hold -- Bull, John Sumter (1934- ) -- Buran -- Russian snowstorm, -- Burbank, Daniel Christopher (1961- ) -- burn -- burnout -- burp firing -- Bursch, Daniel Wheeler (1957- ) -- Bush, George Herbert Walker (1924- ) -- Bush, George W(alker) (1946- ) -- C -- Cabana, Robert Donald (1949- ) -- cabin -- cabin -- cabin debris trapdoor -- California Institute of Technology -- or Caltech, -- California Institute of Technology -- Callisto -- Caloris Basin -- Cameron, Kenneth Donald (1949- ) -- Canadarm -- or remote manipulator system (RMS), -- Canadarm -- Canadarm.

Canadian Space Agency.