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    The Kármán line (or von Kármán line /vɒn ˈkɑːrmɑːn/) is a conventional definition of the edge of space. It is not universally accepted. The international...
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    Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian: (szőllőskislaki) Kármán Tódor [(søːløːʃkiʃlɒki) ˈkaːrmaːn ˈtoːdor], May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was a Hungarian-American...
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  • Kármán line and the U.S. definition are merely working benchmarks, without any real legal authority over matters of national sovereignty. The Kármán line...
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    either the Kármán line or the U.S. definition of space. These were the non-fatal aborted Soyuz mission MS-10 which did not reach the Kármán line but did...
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  • season Title Directed by Written by Original release date 21 1 "The Kármán Line" Mimi Leder Charlotte Stoudt September 13, 2023 (2023-09-13) In two years...
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    space does not begin at a definite altitude above Earth's surface. The Kármán line, an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) above sea level, is conventionally used...
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    of 100 km (62 mi) twice within two weeks. The altitude is beyond the Kármán Line, the arbitrarily-defined boundary of space. The first flight was flown...
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    with no definite boundary between the atmosphere and outer space. The Kármán line, at 100 km (62 mi) or 1.57% of Earth's radius, is often used as the border...
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    1963. It was the first of two X-15 missions that passed the 100-km high Kármán line, the FAI definition of space, along with Flight 91 the next month. The...
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  • the limit between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, the so-called Karman Line, as the altitude of 100 kilometres (62 miles; 330,000 feet) above Earth's...
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  • Kármán (disambiguation) Josephine de Karman, sister and life-partner of Theodore von Kármán Karman cannula Kármán–Howarth equation Kármán line Kármán...
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    space, although, by the judging criteria set for the definition of the Kármán line (100 km), most of the thermosphere is part of space. The border between...
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  • Larson, Sarah. "The Screening Room: "The Kármán Line"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 13 April 2017. "The Kármán Line". Film School Shorts. Retrieved 2017-05-01...
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  • space, attaining an apogee of 176 kilometres (109 mi), well above the Kármán line that was established later as the lowest altitude of space. It was a...
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    rocket is powered by one BE-3PM engine, which sends the capsule above the Kármán line, where passengers and cargo can experience a few minutes of weightlessness...
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  • example, the path of an object launched from Earth that reaches the Kármán line (about 83 km [52 mi] – 100 km [62 mi] above sea level), and then falls...
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    successfully completing hot-staging, during the launch, Ship 25 passed the Kármán Line, becoming the first Starship to reach space, and also became the heaviest...
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    above which humans require a pressure suit in order to survive) and the Kármán line (where astrodynamics must take over from aerodynamics in order to achieve...
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  • Two, after separation the vehicle was to continue to over 100 km (the Kármán line, a common definition of where "space" begins). The time from liftoff...
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  • Kitchen became the youngest woman and youngest American to cross the Kármán line (100 km) at 21 years old. Foust, Jeff (August 29, 2024). "Blue Origin...
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    aircraft or spacecraft in near space and falling towards Earth. The Kármán line is a common definition as to where space begins, 100 km (62 mi) above...
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  • crew experienced weightlessness, and at T+03:31, the capsule passed the Kármán line. The booster landed 7 minutes after launch, while the capsule, deploying...
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    privately funded crewed flight to space (suborbital, crossing the 100 km Kármán line) with the SpaceShipOne flight 15P. The program won the Ansari X Prize...
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    most commonly used definition of outer space is everything beyond the Kármán line, which is 100 kilometers (62 mi) above the Earth's surface. (The United...
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    spaceflight on the human body – Medical issues associated with spaceflight Kármán line – Conventional definition of the edge of space Ebullism – Formation of...
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    in five separate incidents. Three of the flights had flown above the Kármán line (edge of space), and one was intended to do so. In each of these accidents...
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    of the boundary of space. However, this altitude did not surpass the Kármán line, the internationally accepted boundary of 100 kilometers (62 miles)....
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    prior to Earth reentry, and are the only people to have died above the Kármán line. Salyut 1's mission was later terminated, and it burned up on reentry...
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  • significantly on the height above sea level from where it is observed. The Kármán line, at 100 kilometres (62 mi), is accepted by the World Air Sports Federation...
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    namely: The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale has established the Kármán line at an altitude of 100 km (62 mi) as a working definition for the boundary...
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