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GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER [13 records]

Record 1 2025-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Laboratories and Centres
  • Space Centres
OBS

NASA's [National Aeronautics and Space Administration's] Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, is home to the nation's largest organization of scientists, engineers and technologists who build spacecraft, instruments and new technology to study Earth, the sun, our solar system and the universe.

Key term(s)
  • Goddard Space Flight Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laboratoires et centres de recherche
  • Centres spatiaux
OBS

Fondé le 1er mai 1959 à Greenbelt, dans le Maryland, ce centre de recherche abrite la plus grande organisation américaine de scientifiques, d'ingénieurs et de technologues qui construisent des engins spatiaux, des instruments et de nouvelles technologies pour étudier la Terre, le soleil, le système solaire et l'univers.

OBS

Les traductions littérales «centre des vols spatiaux» et «centre de vol spatial» sont à éviter.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Laboratorios y centros de investigación
  • Centros espaciales
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Record 2 2019-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Laboratories and Centres
  • Space Centres
OBS

[It is] a rocket launch site on the eastern shore of Virginia... The Wallops facility operated under NASA headquarters in Washington, D. C., until it became part of the nearby NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 1981.

OBS

In 1974, the Wallops Station was named Wallops Flight Center. The name was changed to Wallops Flight Facility in 1981, when it became part of Goddard Space Flight Center.

Key term(s)
  • Wallops Flight Centre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laboratoires et centres de recherche
  • Centres spatiaux
OBS

Centre spatial qui, depuis 1981, fait partie des installations du Goddard Space Flight Center de la National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) et est situé dans l'État de Virginie aux États-Unis.

OBS

En 1974, Wallops Station devient Wallops Flight Center et est rebaptisé Wallops Flight Facility en 1981.

OBS

centre spatial Wallops; centre spatial de Wallops Island : bien que ces termes soient utilisés, ils ne sont pas officiels.

Key term(s)
  • Wallops Flight Centre

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

A technology that is used for monitoring various types of disasters and Earth environmental change phenomena.

CONT

RADARSAT-1 is keeping Canada on the forefront of Earth observation satellite technology and setting new standards for the international remote sensing industry.

CONT

In recognition of the need to continuously evolve EOS technology, NASA, led by the Goddard Space Flight Center, which was named as the lead center for the EOS program, committed to reviewing EOS implementation every two years, approximately the interval between major EOS launches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Télédétection
DEF

Technologie conçue pour la surveillance des différents types de catastrophes et des phénomènes de modification de l'environnement.

CONT

RADARSAT permet au Canada de rester à la fine pointe de la technologie des satellites d'observation de la Terre et d'établir de nouvelles normes pour l'industrie de la télédétection.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Naves espaciales
  • Teledetección
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Record 4 2006-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Interplanetary Space Exploration
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

IMP(Interplanetary monitoring platform). A series of NASA probes, managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, aimed at investigating plasma(ionized gas) and magnetic fields in interplanetary space. The placement of IMPs in a variety of solar and Earth orbits enabled the study of spatial and temporal relationships of geophysical and interplanetary phenomena simultaneously by several spacecraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Exploration interplanétaire
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plateforme d'observation interplanétaire

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Geophysics
DEF

The long-wave radiation emitted by and propagated through the atmosphere.

CONT

The Climate and Radiation Branch at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center... investigates atmospheric radiation, both as a driver for climate change and as a tool for the remote sensing of Earth's atmosphere and surface.

OBS

atmospheric radiation: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
  • Géophysique
DEF

Rayonnement de grandes longueurs d'onde émis par l'atmosphère et qui s'y propage.

OBS

Le rayonnement atmosphérique est émis dans l'infrarouge par l'atmosphère.

OBS

rayonnement atmosphérique : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Radiación electromagnética
  • Geofísica
DEF

Radiación de onda larga emitida por la atmósfera y que se propaga por ella.

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Record 6 2003-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Climatology
OBS

Goddard Space Flight Center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Climatologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Climatología
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Record 7 2003-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Officials at NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., have announced the termination of the contract held by the General Electric Company, Astro-Space Division, Princeton, N. J., for the design, development and test of the Attached Payload Accommodation Equipment(APAE) element of Space Station Freedom. The contract, valued at approximately $555 million, was signed in 1987.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Remote Sensing
  • Range Measurements (Telecommunications)
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Telemetry-Process data from NOAA [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] and GSFC [Goddard Space Flight Center] to a common format, interpret the instrument and spacecraft housekeeping data, and analyze instrument commands and in-orbit environment.

Key term(s)
  • spacecraft housekeeping datum

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télédétection
  • Mesures à distance (Télécommunications)
  • Engins spatiaux
Key term(s)
  • donnée de servitude du véhicule spatial

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

The Space Experiment Module(SEM) is an experiment managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center. It is part of an initiative to increase educational access to space. The SEM canister will contain up to 10 small, enclosed modules, each containing a separate, passive experiment, designed and constructed by students. The experiments will remain on the Shuttle during Mission STS-105. Each SEM module and module controller is powered by an internal battery to regulate each experiment operations, timelines and activities.

OBS

space experiment module; SEM: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

module d'expériences spatiales; SEM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

PHR

Base mobile, matériel de commande du SEM.

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

Objects placed at these points tend to move in "halo orbits" and require modest stationkeeping to avoid eventual ejection. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center engineer Robert Farquhar advocates using the Earth-moon L-2 point as the site for a Halo-Orbit Space Station(HOSS) supporting lunar surface operations.

Key term(s)
  • halo orbit space station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales

Spanish

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Record 11 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Management Control
OBS

At NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Goddard Space Flight Center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Contrôle de gestion

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Control de gestión
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Record 12 1995-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
CONT

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have developed CorTemp, a thermometer in a pill that monitors a patient's temperature as it travels through the digestive tract. A silicone capsule the size of a large vitamin pill houses a quartz crystal temperature sensor, battery, and telemetry system that transmit temperature readings to an external monitor. Currently in clinical trials, CorTemp is intended for situations in which a patient's temperature must be observed over an extended time, as in sleep disorders and intensive care.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)

Spanish

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Record 13 1988-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Spacecraft
OBS

Agency of COSPAR network for rapid communication of satellite information; located at Goddard Space Flight Center near Washington.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Engins spatiaux
OBS

Organe du réseau COSPAR de communication rapide de données-satellite; situé au Centre Goddard de vols spatiaux, près de Washington.

Spanish

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