Astronautics Vocabulary

The Astronautics Vocabulary is a glossary of terms that pertain to the science and technology of spaceflight. This alphabetical list can be navigated by clicking on the letters A-Z displayed on this page.

• telecommunication
• telemetry
• teleoperation
• telescope
• telluric
• test stand
• tether
• thermal blanket
• Thermal Plasma Analyzer (TPA)
• thermal protection
• thermal shock
• Thermal/Suprathermal Analyzer (TSA)
• thrust
• thruster
• to revolve
• torque
• Torso Rotation Experiment (TRE)
• tracking
• tracking station
• tracking, telecommand and telemetry (TTC)
• transponder
• TRek station
• troposphere
• Truss Segment
• twilight