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spin
to make (yarn) by drawing out, twisting, and winding fibers: Pioneer women spun yarn on spinning wheels. -
abort
If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive. -
aerodynamic trajectory
the path of an object, as a rocket, when the air is dense enough to modify the course of flight significantly. -
afterbody
any discarded part that continues to trail a satellite, rocket, etc, in orbit -
afterburning
a process in which additional fuel is ignited in the exhaust gases of a jet engine to produce additional thrust -
agena
a U.S. upper stage, with a restartable liquid-propellant engine, used with various booster stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets: also used as a docking target in the Gemini program.