NASA's Voyager Missions

Exploring the Outer Solar System and Beyond

Ben Evans, David M. Harland (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

302 Seiten

2008 | 1st ed 2004. 2nd printing 2008
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85233-745-2 (ISBN)

Infos

For the first time, in one volume, Ben Evans with David Harland will not only tell the story of the hugely successful Voyager missions, but also that of the men and women who have devoted their entire working lives to them. Illustrated with stunning images, some in color, they describe the missions from their conception, through their spectacular encounters with the outer planets and on to their ultimate and, as yet, unknown destination among the stars in the so-called Voyager Interstellar Mission

Inhalt

Four Distant Wanderers: A history of the gas giants in mythology, history and observation up to Voyager.- A Chance of Three Lifetimes: The Grand Tour Concept.- Into the Realms of Jove: Exploration of Jupiter.- Ringworld!: Exploration of Saturn.- he Bulls Eye World: Exploration of Uranus.- The Boiling Cauldron - Exploration of Neptune.- Bottle into the Cosmic Ocean: Post-Neptune.- The Legacy: The importance of Voyager and future missions.- Appendix

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.2.2008
• Reihe/Serie: Space Exploration
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Praxis Books
• Zusatzinfo: 120 Illustrations, black and white; XVIII, 302 p. 120 illus.
• Verlagsort: England
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 170 x 244 mm
• Gewicht: 629 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• ISBN-10: 1-85233-745-1 / 1852337451
• ISBN-13: 978-1-85233-745-2 / 9781852337452
• Zustand: Neuware