Explorer (disambiguation)
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Etymologically, the word explorer refer to a person involved in exploration (from Latin explorare).
Explorer may also also refer to:
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[edit] Exploration
- The La Salle University Explorers.
- Exploring a former traditional membership program of the Boy Scouts of America, now a part of Learning for Life.
- Explorer Scouts, part of the Scout Association in the United Kingdom.
- Space Adventures Explorer, a concept tourist spaceplane
- The EXPLORE Program, a French immersion program offered by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
- The Explorer program, the United States' first successful attempt to launch an artificial satellite.
- A partnership between the National Geographic Society and the United States Air Force. It was an attempt to launch several giant balloons to probe the atmosphere.
[edit] Industry
- Mineral exploration, the process by which ore is defined.
- Oil exploration
[edit] Vehicles
- A series of United States satellites of the Explorer program, including Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite in space.
- USS Explorer, a patrol vessel of the United States Navy.
- HMS Explorer, a submarine of the Royal Navy.
- the Sub Marine Explorer, an early and still advanced submarine built by Julius H. Kroehl, which was recently discovered by James Delgado
- The Ford Explorer, a brand of automobile.
- Lockheed Explorer, Lockheed Model 4
- The Abrams P-1 Explorer, an American aerial survey aircraft which first flew in 1937
- Space Shuttle Explorer, a shuttle mockup
[edit] Computing
- Windows Explorer, an interface for accessing the file system on Microsoft Windows operating systems.
- Internet Explorer, a web browser developed by Microsoft.
- Sun Microsystems Explorer, a diagnostic data collection tool for Sun Solaris.
[edit] Electronics
- The Explorer series, a series of cable boxes by Scientific-Atlanta.
[edit] Objects
- The Gibson Explorer, a guitar.
- An explorer, an instrument used in dentistry.
- Explorer Vodka, a Swedish brand of vodka.
[edit] Culture
- Explorer (novel), a 2003 science fiction novel in the Foreigner Universe of C. J. Cherryh
- The Explorer, a newspaper based in Tucson, Arizona.
- Explorers (DS9 episode), a third season episode of DS9.
- Explorers, a 1985 family science fiction film.[1]
- Explorer, a 2005 trance music album by Tilt
[edit] Others
- A supporting member of the Kansas Sampler Foundation
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