Icarus
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Space and astronomy
- Icarus (crater)Icarus (crater)Icarus is a lunar impact crater that lies on the Moon's far side. It is located to the west of the huge walled plain Korolev, and less than two crater diameters to the east of the crater Daedalus. To the south of Icarus is the smaller Amici....
, on the Moon - Icarus (journal)Icarus (journal)Icarus is a premier scientific journal dedicated to the field of planetary science. It is published under the auspices of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences . The longtime publisher was Academic Press, which is now part of Elsevier...
, a planetary science journal - 1566 Icarus1566 Icarus1566 Icarus is an Apollo asteroid that at perihelion comes closer to the Sun than Mercury, i.e. it is a Mercury-crossing asteroid. It is also a Venus and Mars-crosser. It is named after Icarus of Greek mythology, who flew too close to the Sun...
, an asteroid - IKAROSIKAROSIKAROS is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency experimental spacecraft. The spacecraft was launched on 21 May, 2010, aboard an H-IIA rocket, together with the Akatsuki probe and four other small spacecraft...
, a interplanetary unmanned spacecraft - Project Icarus (Interstellar Probe Design Study)Project Icarus (Interstellar Probe Design Study)Project Icarus is a theoretical design study aimed at designing a credible nuclear fusion-based interstellar spacecraft that will stand as a blueprint for a possible unmanned mission...
, a design study of an interstellar spacecraft based on Project Daedalus - Other projects named Project IcarusProject IcarusProject Icarus refers to three unrelated projects. Two at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967 and one current international effort between the Tau Zero Foundation and the British Interplanetary Society .- 1967 :...
In fiction
- Icharus (The Matrix)
- Icarus (Planet of the Apes)
- Icarus Base, a place in the series Stargate Universe
- Icarus, an orbital superweapon in the James Bond film Die Another DayDie Another DayDie Another Day is the 20th spy film in the James Bond series, and the fourth and last film to star Pierce Brosnan as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond; it is also the last Bond film of the original timeline with the series being rebooted with Casino Royale...
- Icarus I and Icarus II, spacecraft in Sunshine (2007 film)Sunshine (2007 film)Sunshine is a 2007 British science fiction film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland about the crew of a spacecraft on a dangerous mission to the Sun. In 2057, with the Earth in peril from the dying Sun, the crew is sent to reignite the Sun with a massive stellar bomb with the mass...
- Icarus (film)Icarus (film)Icarus, also titled The Killing Machine in the UK and the U.S., is a 2010 American action-thriller film directed by and starring Dolph Lundgren.- Plot :...
(also The Killing Machine), action film of 2010 - "Icarus", the eleventh episode of Smallville (season 10)Smallville (season 10)Season ten of Smallville, an American television series, premiered on September 24, 2010 and consisted of 22 episodes. It was the tenth and final season to air, and the fifth one to air on The CW television network...
- "Icarus", the seventh episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 10)Law & Order: Criminal Intent (season 10)The 10th and final season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent premiered Sunday, May 1, 2011 on USA Network. The timeslot was moved to Sunday nights at 9 p.m...
Air travel
- Icarus School, a military aviation academy
- Ikarus C42Ikarus C42-See also:-External links:* * *...
, a microlight aircraft - Icaro AirIcaro AirIcaro Air is an airline based in Quito, Ecuador. It operates domestic passenger services under the name of Icaro Express, as well as fixed-wing and helicopter charters...
, an Ecuadorian airline - Coupe IcareCoupe IcareCoupe Icare is an annual festival of free flight held at Saint-Hilaire, Isère - Lumbin . The festival typically lasts four days and is held in the early autumn...
("Icarus Cup"), a flight festival - Icarus, a Greek airline that preceded Olympic AirlinesOlympic AirlinesOlympic Airlines was the flag carrier airline of Greece, with its head office in Athens. It operated services to 37 domestic destinations and to 32 destinations world-wide. Its main base was at Athens International Airport, with hubs at Thessaloniki International Airport, "Macedonia" and Rhodes...
Businesses and organizations
- Icarus ProjectIcarus Project.The Icarus Project http://theicarusproject.net is a mental health movement characterized by the view that many phenomena commonly labeled as mental illness should actually be regarded as "dangerous gifts"...
, a mental health organization - Icarus Theatre CollectiveIcarus Theatre CollectiveThe Icarus Theatre Collective is a British theatre company, set up to explore the brutal side of contemporary and classical drama.-Background:...
- Ikarus BusIkarus BusIkarus is a bus manufacturer based in Budapest, Hungary. It was established in 1895 as Uhri Imre Kovács- és Kocsigyártó Üzeme .-History:...
, a Hungarian bus manufacturer - IkarbusIkarbusIkarbus is a Serbian bus manufacturer based in the Belgrade urban municipality of Zemun. The company was originally established as an aircraft manufacturer in 1923, under the name “Ikarus – the first Serbian airplane, car and engine industry Kovacevic and Co” in Novi Sad by Dimitrije Konjovic,...
, a Serbian bus manufacturer formerly known as Ikarus
Music
- Icarus (band)Icarus (band)Icarus are a band from London, England, who specialise in a kind of electronic drum and bass with elements of experimental jazz and rich instrumentation. Formed in 1993 by Ollie Bown and Sam Britton, the band's music has been described by Kieran Hebden as "really beautiful and also quite kind of...
- Icarus (The Forms album)
- Icarus (Chicosci album)Icarus (Chicosci album)- Track listing :# "Theme from Conversations with Fire" – 4:51# "Open Casket Romance" – 4:22# "Gift of Tongues" – 3:33# "When Flight is Denied" – 4:30# "Shallow Graves" – 2:49# "An Argument" – 5:18...
- Icaros, shamanic medicine songs
- Icarus, a song by Ralph TownerRalph TownerRalph Towner is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger and bandleader. He plays the twelve-string guitar, classical guitar, piano, synthesizer, percussion and trumpet.-Biography:...
- Icarus, an album by the Paul Winter ConsortPaul Winter ConsortThe Paul Winter Consort is an American musical group, led by soprano saxophonist Paul Winter. Founded in 1967, the group mixes elements of jazz, classical music, world music, and the sounds of animals and nature. They are often classified as new age music or "ecological jazz", and their unique...
- Icaro, an album by Renato ZeroRenato ZeroRenato Zero is the stage name of Renato Fiacchini , an Italian singer-songwriter and showman whose career spans a full 6 decades, from the 1960s to the 2010s....
- "Icarus," a song by Alesana on the album On Frail Wings of Vanity and WaxOn Frail Wings of Vanity and WaxOn Frail Wings of Vanity and Wax is the debut full length album by Alesana. It was originally released on June 6, 2006 by Tragic Hero Records, but when the band joined Fearless Records, it was re-released on March 20, 2007 with two bonus tracks, four live videos, and an interview with the newer label...
- "Icarus," a song by FlutlichtFlutlichtFlutlicht is the artist name of Swiss trance music producers Daniel Heinzer and Marco Guardia ....
- "Icarus," a song by Santogold on the album Top RankingTop RankingTop Ranking: A Diplo Dub is a mixtape by American artist Santigold and Philadelphia-based DJ Diplo, released on July 15, 2008.-General information:...
- "Icarus," a song by Jason Webley on the album Only Just BeginningOnly Just Beginning-Track listing:#"February Relaxing Her Fingers After a Brief Winter's Grip" – 4:18#"Music That Puts Everything Together" – 4:54#"Balloon Feather Boat Tomato" – 5:11#"Icarus" – 3:55#"Mine" – 3:38#"Map" – 4:38#"Viaje" – 4:01#"May Day" – 3:20#"With" – 7:50...
- "Ikarus," a song by Unheilig on Phosphor (album)
- "Icarus", a song by Enter the HaggisEnter the HaggisEnter the Haggis is a Canadian Indie/Celtic/Folk Rock world-fusion band based in Toronto, Canada. Commonly called ETH, the band has been playing and recording since 1996. Their latest studio album, "Whitelake" is the band's ninth album....
on Aerials (2001) - "Icarus Lives", a song and album by Periphery (band)Periphery (band)Periphery is an American metal band from Bethesda, Maryland , formed in 2005.- Formation and lineup changes :Periphery was formed by guitarist Misha Mansoor in 2005...
- "Icarus - Borne on Wings of Steel", a song on Masque (Kansas album)
Software
- Ikarus (typography software)
- Ikarus (Scheme implementation)Ikarus (Scheme implementation)Ikarus Scheme is a free software optimizing incremental compiler for R6RS Scheme that compiles directly to the x86 architecture. Ikarus is the first public implementation of a large part of R6RS, the most recent Scheme standard.- Design :...
- Icarus VerilogIcarus VerilogIcarus Verilog is an implementation of the Verilog hardware description language. It supports the 1995, 2001 and 2005 versions of the standard, portions of SystemVerilog, and some extensions....
People and fictional characters
- Icarus (comics)Icarus (comics)Icarus , is a fictional character, a mutant superhero appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. He was a member of the student body at the Xavier Institute and a member of the New Mutants training squad....
, a Marvel Comics character - Roger SquiresRoger SquiresRoger Squires is a British crossword compiler, living in Ironbridge, Shropshire, who is best known for being the world's most prolific compiler....
(born 1932), crossword compiler who has used the pseudonym Icarus - Icarus (wrestler)Icarus (wrestler)Icarus is a professional wrestler, who performs primarily in the Chikara professional wrestling promotion, where he is a former Campeon de Parejas and King of Trios winner...
(born 1982), wrestler with the Chikara organization - Icarus, a Deus Ex character
- Icarus, a character in Hercules: The Animated SeriesHercules: The Animated SeriesHercules is an animated series based on the 1997 film of the same name and the Greek myth. The series follows teenage Hercules training as a hero as well as trying to adjust to life. With his free-spirited friend Icarus, his future-seeing friend Cassandra and his teacher Philoctetes , he battles...
- Icarus, a character in Little Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandLittle Nemo: Adventures in SlumberlandLittle Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, known in Japan as simply Nemo, is a 1989 animated film directed by Masami Hata and William T. Hurtz. Loosely based on the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay, the film went through a lengthy development process with a number of screenwriters...
- Ikaros, a character in Sora no OtoshimonoSora no Otoshimono, also known as Heaven's Lost Property, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Suu Minazuki. The plot revolves around Tomoki Sakurai, a highly perverted young man struggling to live a peaceful life...
- Alien IcarusAlien Icarusis a race of alien creatures originally featured in the 1967 tokusatsu TV series, Ultra Seven. Alien Icarus appeared in Episodes 10.Subtitle: .- History :...
, an Ultra Monster
Other uses
- Ikarus (chess)Ikarus (chess)Ikarus was the Computer Speed Chess Champion in 2006. It did so by defeating the four-time champion Shredder in the World Computer Speed Chess Championship which took place on May 29, 2006 in Turin....
- Ikarus, a restaurant in Hangar-7Hangar-7Hangar-7 is a hangar in Salzburg, Austria owned by Red Bull founder Dietrich Mateschitz. It houses a restaurant, two bars, a lounge and aircraft, and is open to the public. It includes the Michelin starred restaurant Ikarus.-External links:*...
in Salzburg, Austria - Icarus (magazine)Icarus (magazine)Icarus is a student literary magazine based in Trinity College, Dublin. It publishes three issues per academic year and accepts submissions of poetry, prose and drama from students, staff and alumni of Dublin University. It was founded in 1950 by Alec Reid and has been published with regularity...
, a Trinity College student publication - Icarus affairIcarus affairThe was an incident involving the murder of two Royal Navy sailors in Nagasaki, Japan in 1867, leading to increased diplomatic tensions between the United Kingdom and the Bakumatsu period Tokugawa shogunate....
, an incident involving the 1867 murder of two British sailors in Nagasaki - Operation IkarusOperation IkarusOperation Ikarus was a World War II German plan to invade Iceland, which had been occupied by British forces during Operation Fork in 1940. The German plan was never realized....
, a World War II German plan to invade Iceland - Project IcarusProject IcarusProject Icarus refers to three unrelated projects. Two at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967 and one current international effort between the Tau Zero Foundation and the British Interplanetary Society .- 1967 :...
, a plot element in the video game Mirror's Edge - Kid IcarusKid IcarusKid Icarus, known as in Japan, is an action platform video game for the Famicom Disk System in Japan and the Nintendo Entertainment System in Europe and North America. The first entry in Nintendo's Kid Icarus series, it was published in Japan in December 1986, and in Europe and North America in...
, the Nintendo video game series - Ikaros gene, encodes essential regulator of lymphocyte differentiation with Kruppel-type zinc fingerZinc fingerZinc fingers are small protein structural motifs that can coordinate one or more zinc ions to help stabilize their folds. They can be classified into several different structural families and typically function as interaction modules that bind DNA, RNA, proteins, or small molecules...
s- IKZF1IKZF1DNA-binding protein Ikaros also known as Ikaros family zinc finger protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IKZF1 gene. Ikaros displays crucial functions in the hematopoietic system and its loss of function has been linked to the development of lymphoid leukemia...
- IKZF2IKZF2Zinc finger protein Helios is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IKZF2 gene....
- IKZF3IKZF3Zinc finger protein Aiolos also known as Ikaros family zinc finger protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IKZF3 gene.- Function :This gene encodes a member of the Ikaros family of zinc-finger proteins...
- IKZF4IKZF4Zinc finger protein Eos is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IKZF4 gene.-Interactions:IKZF4 has been shown to interact with CTBP1 and IKZF1.-Further reading:...
- IKZF1