orbit
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China plus Russia, Iran, North Korea and others in its orbit total approximately $25 trillion.
"The planet orbits a star that's completely bizarre -- the mass of the Sun, but the size of a city," said University of Chicago astrophysicist Michael Zhang, the study's principal investigator.
From Science Daily
Space Forge have sent a microwave-sized factory into orbit, and have demonstrated that its furnace can be switched on and reach temperatures of around 1,000C.
From BBC
Because of Mars' stretched orbit and gravitational influences from other bodies, the time difference can vary by as much as 226 microseconds per day throughout the Martian year.
From Science Daily
The new vehicles will be equipped to handle in-orbit docking and demonstrate vehicle-to-vehicle propellant transfer while in orbit — which is key for future moon or Mars missions.
From MarketWatch
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