Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Flyby |
A space mission in which an exploratory probe carries out imaging and other experiments as its flight path passes close to the body under investigation, without landing or going into orbit.
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