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outer space: see space exploration space exploration, the investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of artificial satellites (spacecraft that orbit the earth), space probes (spacecraft that pass through the solar system and that may
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outer space

any region of space beyond the atmosphere of the earth

outer space [′au̇d·ər ′spās]

(astronomy)

A general term for any region that is beyond the earth's atmosphere.

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No references found			The report added that the Working Group on Best Practices within the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations' Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) and the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva should pursue additional means to limit creation of space debris. How to make outer space a safer place by Asian News International Chinese President Hu Jintao said his nation supported the peaceful use of outer space Friday, days after his air force commander sparked concerns by saying an arms race in space was inevitable. China supports peaceful use of space as air force modernises by AFP / AFP Global Edition We must build an outer space force that conforms with the needs of our nation's development (and) the demands of the development of the space age. China chief says space arms inevitable: state media by AFP / AFP Asian Edition			outer automorphism outer bailey Outer Banks outer bar Outer Barrier outer beach outer bottom outer bremsstrahlung outer core outer court outer effects outer fix outer harbor outer hearth Outer Hebrides outer join outer keel outer lining outer mantle outer marker outer measure Outer Mongolia outer orbital complex outer planets outer product outer space Outer Space Treaty of 1967 outer string outer trapped surface outer-shell electron Outerbridge, Paul, Jr. outface outfall outfall sewer outfield outfit outflow outflow cave Outflow Current outgassing outgoing trunk outgroup outhouse outkitchen outlaw Outlawry outlet outlet box outlet glacier outlet head outlet ventilator			Outer Mold Line Outer Mongolia Outer Mongolia Outer normal outer orbital complex Outer Party Experience Outer Physical Layer Outer planar graph outer planet outer planet outer planets outer planets Outer Planets Assessment Group Outer Planets Flagship Outer plexiform layer outer point Outer Port Limit Outer Power, Inner Beauty Outer product Outer Radial Reflector Surveillance Outer regular Outer regular measure outer retinal nuclear layer outer retinal nuclear layer outer retinal nuclear layer Outer Retinal Rod Segments outer ring deiodinating type I Outer Ring Road System Outer road outer space Outer Space Treaty Outer Space Treaty of 1967 Outer Space Visual Communicator outer string Outer Stripe of Outer Medulla Outer Surface Protein A Outer Surface Protein B Outer Surface Protein B Gene outer surface protein C Outer Surface Protein D outer table outer table outer table outer table outer table of skull outer table of skull outer table of skull outer table of skull Outer Tactical Vest Outer Thermal Shield outer transport area outer trapped surface Outer Tube Limit Outer Valence Green's Function Outer Valence Molecular Orbitals Outer Vapor Cooled Shield Outer Vascular Bundle Outer Vent Control Valve Outer Wing Outer Wing Panel

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