Kazakhstan / France / Russia / United States / Soviet Union / Ukraine / /
Currency
GBP / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
Vandenberg AFB / Missile Test Facility / Space Vehicle Assembly Building / /
IndustryTerm
unmanned cargo carrier / large infrastructure / space hardware / rocket technology / launch site / satellite payload requirements / prospective satellite / gas deflecting trough / steel cover / improved performance placing satellite / rail transportererector car / rocket systems / armored steel firewall cover / all-purpose carrier rocket / communications satellite / scientific satellite / satellite programs / satellite preparation building / communications satellites / improved electronics / civilian communications / satellite technical zone / manmade satellite / store/ dump communications satellites / Launch processing / Satellite thermal control / manufacturing capability / space support infrastructure / /
MusicGroup
the Black Sea / Indian Ocean / /
NaturalFeature
Kola Peninsula / Barents Sea / Black Sea / Indian Ocean / Volga River / /
Organization
U.S. Congressional Research Service / Glavkosmos / U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission / Electronic Intelligence / Zond mission / African Union / Department of Defense / Kapustin Yar Space and Missile Test Center / /
Person
Oleg Makarov / Aleksei Leonov / Yuri A. Smetanin / Vega / Charles Sheldon / Sergei Korolev / Gorbachev / /
Position
vehicle designer / General Secretary / /
Product
space shuttle program / A-2 / K-1 / Satellite / /
ProvinceOrState
Kentucky / /
Region
Indian Ocean / Arctic Circle / Black Sea / former Soviet Union / /
Chapter 20 REST-OF-WORLD (ROW) SPACE LAUNCH Missiles and space have a long and related history. All the early space boosters, both U.S. and Russian, were developed from ballistic missile programs. Today, many other nati