Voyages to Saturn
Author | : David Morrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Pioneer (Space probes) |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Morrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Pioneer (Space probes) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Morrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : David Morrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Pioneer (Space probes) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Roger E. Bilstein |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 537 |
Release | : 1999-08 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 0788181866 |
Author | : Michael Meltzer |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2015-01-02 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 3319076086 |
Cassini-Huygens was the most ambitious and successful space journey ever launched to the outer Solar System. This book examines all aspects of the journey: its conception and planning; the lengthy political processes needed to make it a reality; the engineering and development required to build the spacecraft; its 2.2-billion mile journey from Earth to the Ringed Planet and the amazing discoveries from the mission. The author traces how the visions of a few brilliant scientists matured, gained popularity and eventually became a reality. Innovative technical leaps were necessary to assemble such a multifaceted spacecraft and reliably operate it while it orbited a planet so far from our own. The Cassini-Huygens spacecraft design evolved from other deep space efforts, most notably the Galileo mission to Jupiter, enabling the voluminous, paradigm-shifting scientific data collected by the spacecraft. Some of these discoveries are absolute gems. A small satellite that scientists once thought of as a dead piece of rock turned out to contain a warm underground sea that could conceivably harbor life. And we now know that hiding under the mist of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is a world with lakes, fluvial channels, and dunes hauntingly reminiscent of those on our own planet, except that on Titan, it’s not water that fills those lakes but hydrocarbons. These and other breakthroughs illustrate why the Cassini-Huygens mission will be remembered as one of greatest voyages of discovery ever made.
Author | : Kevin H. Baines |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 495 |
Release | : 2018-12-06 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 110710677X |
A detailed overview of Saturn's formation, evolution and structure written by eminent planetary scientists involved in the Cassini Orbiter mission.
Author | : David Morrison |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Jupiter (Planet) |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jim Bell |
Publisher | : Dutton |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : 2016-01-19 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1101983892 |
The story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission— told by a scientist who was there from the beginning. --Publisher
Author | : Betsy Rathburn |
Publisher | : Bellwether Media |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2019-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1681036967 |
If humans ever make it to Saturn, they won’t be able to land on its surface. This enormous planet has no solid ground! Beyond its seven magnificent rings, Saturn swirls with dense clouds of gas. This fascinating planet is on display in this book full of special features, fun facts, and beautiful photos.
Author | : Peter J. Westwick |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300134584 |
divIn the decades since the mid-1970s, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, has led the quest to explore the farthest reaches of the solar system. JPL spacecraft—Voyager, Magellan, Galileo, the Mars rovers, and others—have brought the planets into close view. JPL satellites and instruments also shed new light on the structure and dynamics of earth itself, while their orbiting observatories opened new vistas on the cosmos. This comprehensive book recounts the extraordinary story of the lab's accomplishments, failures, and evolution from 1976 to the present day. This history of JPL encompasses far more than the story of the events and individuals that have shaped the institution. It also engages wider questions about relations between civilian and military space programs, the place of science and technology in American politics, and the impact of the work at JPL on the way we imagine the place of humankind in the universe./DIV