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umbilical cord
Often shortened to umbilical. (1) Any of the servicing electrical or fluid lines between the ground and an upright rocket missile or vehicle before launch. (2) The cord that, in early manned missions, attached a space-walking astronaut to his or her spacecraft.
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• ROCKETRY TERMINOLOGY
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