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Index - L

Laika, 7

Langley Research Center (LRC), 29

Large Space Telescope (LOST). See Hubble Space Telescope

Lassell, William, 132

Launches
     Apollo launch configuration, 22f
     Mars Exploration Rover (MER), 124
     shuttle launch delays, 83-85
     space shuttle, 55-56, 56f, 58-59

Le Verrier, Urbain, 132

Legislation and international treaties
     Intergovernmental Agreement on Space Station Cooperation, 79
     Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000, 68, 84
     National Aeronautics and Space Act, 17-18
     Outer Space Treaty, 10

LEMS (lower extremity monitoring suit), 85, 87f

Light years, 94-95

Lindbergh, Charles A., 3

Liwei, Yang, 49

Low Earth orbit space stations, 10-11, 25

Lowell, Percival, 114

Lower extremity monitoring suit (LEMS), 85, 87f

LRC (Langley Research Center), 29

Lucian of Samosata, 2

Luna spacecraft, 45

Lunar orbit technique, 21

Lunar probes, 20-21

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