Pegasus can mean many things:

Traditional

• Pegasus is the winged horse of Greek mythology.
• Pegasus is a constellation.

Pegasus on roof of Poznań Opera House In Greek mythology, Pegasus (Pegasos) was a winged horse that was the foal of Poseidon, in his role as horse-god, and the Gorgon Medusa. ... Winged equines are popular legendary creatures, especially in the fantasy genre. ... Greek mythology consists of a large collection of narratives detailing the lives and adventures of a wide variety of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, which were first envisioned and disseminated in an oral-poetic tradition. ... Pegasus is a northern constellation, named after the mythological Pegasus. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe at one time or another during the year. ...

Hydronautical and aerospace

• Several Royal Navy ships were named Pegasus:
  • HMS Pegasus (1786), a 28-gun frigate, once commanded by Prince William Henry (King William IV)
  • HMS Pegasus (1897, a Pelorus class third class cruiser
  • HMS Pegasus (1934), an early aircraft carrier or seaplane carrier, originally commissioned as HMS Ark Royal in 1914.
• The Pegasus class of hydrofoils, formerly operated by the U.S. Navy, or USS Pegasus, the first of class (formerly provisionally named Delphinus).
• Two British aero engines were known as Pegasus:
  • The Rolls-Royce Pegasus vectored thrust jet
  • The Bristol Pegasus radial engine
• The Pegasus rocket is a current satellite launch vehicle produced by Orbital Sciences.
• The Pegasus satellite program was a series of three satellites launched in 1965 with large fold-out panels to characterize the then-unknown micrometeroid environment of low Earth orbit.

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Several Royal Navy ships were named Pegasus HMS Pegasus (1786), a 28-gun frigate, once commanded by Prince William Henry (King William IV) HMS Pegasus (1897), a Pelorus class third class cruiser HMS Pegasus (1934), an early aircraft carrier, commissioned as HMS Ark Royal (1914) This is a disambiguation page... Watercolor of what is believed to be HMS Pegasus in St. ... Frigate is a name which has been used for several distinct types of warships at different times. ... William IV King of the United Kingdom William IV (William Henry) (21 August 1765–20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death. ... HMS Pegasus was one of eleven Pelorus class cruisers ordered for the Royal Navy in the 1890s. ... The Pelorus class cruiser was a class of 11 light cruiser ships designed by Sir William White (Director of Naval Construction from 1885 til 1902), built for the Royal Navy. ... USS Port Royal, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1994. ... The Royal Navy had been using a converted cruiser, HMS Hermes, as a seaplane carrier, to conduct trials in 1913. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. ... A seaplane tender (or seaplane carrier) is a ship which provides the facililites necessary for operating seaplanes. ... The Royal Navy had been using a converted cruiser, HMS Hermes, as a seaplane carrier, to conduct trials in 1913. ... The Pegasus class hydrofoils were a series of fast attack patrol boats employed by the U.S. Navy. ... The Jetfoil Toppi is a ferry which connects Yakushima, Tanegashima Island and Kagoshima port in Japan A hydrofoil is a boat with wing-like foils mounted on struts below the hull. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... USS Pegasus (PHM-1) was the lead ship in a class of hydrofoils operated by the U.S. Navy. ... Delphinus, being Latin for Dolphin, is a rather small (ranked 69th) northern constellation very close to the celestial equator. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Rolls-Royce Pegasus The Rolls Royce Pegasus is a turbofan engine manufactured by Rolls-Royce plc. ... Thrust vectoring is the ability of an aircraft to direct the thrust from its main engine(s) in a direction other than parallel to the aircrafts length. ... A Pratt and Whitney turbofan engine for the F-15 Eagle is tested at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, USA. The tunnel behind the engine muffles noise and allows exhaust to escape. ... Bristol Pegasus piston engine The Pegasus was a 9 cylinder one_row radial aircraft engine designed as the follow-on to the Bristol Aeroplane Companys very successful Bristol Jupiter, following lessons learned in the Mercury effort. ... Radial engine of a biplane. ... Pegasus rocket on the ground Pegasus rocket attached to bottom of carrier aircraft The Pegasus rocket is a winged space booster developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital). ... Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC, though commonly abbreviated as Orbital) is a Dulles, Virginia company which specializes in satellite launch and manufacture. ... The Pegasus satellite was named for the winged horse of Greek mythology and was first lofted into space by a NASA Saturn 1 rocket on Feb. ...

Information technology

• Pegasus Mail is an email client for the DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems.
• The Pegasus computer was an early computer made by Ferranti.
• Pegasus was the code name for the Handheld PC and Windows CE 1.0.

Pegasus Mail is a free, standards-based electronic mail client developed by David Harris. ... PEGASUS was an early thermionic valve (vacuum tube) computer built by Ferranti, Ltd of Great Britain. ... Ferranti or Ferranti International Signal plc by the time of its collapse, was a major UK electrical engineering and equipment firm, known primarily for their defense electronics and power grid systems. ... A Handheld PC, or H/PC for short, is a Microsoft term for a computer built around a form factor which is smaller than any standard notebook PC or laptop. ... Windows CE for Handheld PC 3. ...

In fiction

• Pegasus is the main character of Japan's famous anime, Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac), who protects the goddess of war Athena.
• Maximillion Pegasus (Pegasus J. Crawford in the original Japanese anime and manga) is the name of a character from the anime and manga series Yu-Gi-Oh!
• The Pegasus ships are a class of mobile suit carriers in the Gundam Universe.
• Pegasus is the name of the old rocking horse owned and cherished by Maud, the youngest of the four title characters in Barbara Willard's The Richleighs of Tantamount.
• The Pegasus (TNG episode)
• The Battlestar Pegasus in both the original and new Battlestar Galactica.
• The spacecraft Pegasus featured in the BBC drama documentary television series Space Odyssey: Voyage to the Planets (2004), about how humans might one day travel to the planets.
• The Pegasus Galaxy is a dwarf galaxy in the fictional Stargate universe.

Saint Seiya original Japanese logo. ... Drawing from a sculpture of Athena at the Louvre. ... Maximillion J. Pegasus, known as Pegasus J. Crawford (ペガサス・ジェー・クロフォード Pegasasu JÄ“ Kurofōdo) in the original Japanese anime and manga, is a fictional character in the manga and anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!. In the English Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses video game, and in the instruction booklet... Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊☆戯☆王, YÅ«giō, King of Games) is a popular Japanese anime and manga franchise from Kazuki Takahashi, that mainly involves characters who play a card game called Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), wherein each player purchases and assembles a deck of Monster, Magic, and Trap Cards... In the fictional universe of Mobile Suit Gundam, the Pegasus-class mobile suit carrier was the first ship of the Earth Federation to be designed around mobile suit carrying. ... Gundam is one of the longest running meta-series of anime featuring giant robots. ... Barbara Willard, a British historical/childrens author, was born in Brighton, Sussex in 1909, daughter of a Shakespearean actor. ... The Richleighs of Tantamount is a British children’s book written by British historical book author Barbara Willard. ... The Pegasus is a seventh season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ... The Battlestar Pegasus is a ship featured in the Battlestar Galactica television programs, both the original 1978 series and 2003 revival. ... Introduction to the new Battlestar Galactica series This article encompasses all the media that use the name Battlestar Galactica. ... The Pegasus dwarf galaxy (center cluster). ... An activated Stargate, the central object of the fictional Stargate universe, here depicted in the SG-1 television series. ...

Symbols and monikers

• A stylized image of the mythical flying horse Pegasus, usually rendered in red, was the symbol of Mobilgas service stations.
• Pegasus is also the school mascot for the University of Central Florida (UCF).
• Pegasus F.C. was an English amateur football club based in Oxford.
• A Pegasus galloping toward the viewer (camera) is the symbol of TriStar Pictures, a subdivision of Sony Pictures.

Mobil was a major oil company which merged with the Exxon Corporation in 1999 to form ExxonMobil. ... University of Central Florida State University System of Florida FAMU FAU FGCU FIU FSU NCF UCF UF UNF USF UWF The University of Central Florida (UCF), located in Orlando, Florida, is a member institution of the State University System of Florida. ... Pegasus F.C. was an English amateur football club based in Oxford and composed of Oxbridge university students. ... The TriStar Pegasus logo, used since 1993. ... Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is the television and film production unit of Japan-based corporate giant Sony. ...

Military

• Pegasus Bridge was the objective of a British airborne landing at the start of the Battle of Normandy, June 1944.
• Operation Pegasus was the Allied effort to recover soldiers after the failure of the Battle of Arnhem, September 1944.
• Operation Pegasus was the relief of the besieged Marine Corps garrison at Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War, April 1968.

Pegasus Bridge before its replacement Pegasus was the name given to a bridge over the Caen canal, near the town of Ouistreham. ... Combatants Allied Powers Germany Commanders Dwight D. Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (land) Bertram Ramsay (sea) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B) Strength 326,000 (by June 11) Unknown Casualties 53,700 dead, 18,000 missing, 155,000 wounded About 200,000... There have been two military efforts codenamed Pegasus, one in 1944 and the other in 1968. ... Combatants II SS Panzer CorpsArmy Group BFirst Parachute Army Commanders Montgomery von Rundstedt Strength unknown ~20,000 (start of the Battle) Casualties ~18,000 casualties ~13,000 casualties Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation in World War II, which took place in September 1944. ... There have been two military efforts codenamed Pegasus, one in 1944 and the other in 1968. ... Khe Sahn was a U.S. Marine outpost in South Vietnam used during the Vietnam War. ... Combatants Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) United States of America South Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand the Philippines Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) National Liberation Front (Viet Cong) Commanders Strength ~1,200,000 (1968) ~420,000 (1968) Casualties South Vietnamese dead: 1,250,000+ US dead: 58,226 US...

Other

• Pegasus Airlines is an airline based in Istanbul, Turkey
• Pegasus is one of several genera of fishes commonly known as Sea Moths
• Pegasus (ship)
• Pegasus class
• Pegasus crossing is a road crossing for horse riders in the UK.
• The Pegasus Award is given out for excellence in the field of filk music.