Dreams of Other Worlds The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration

Name: Dreams of Other Worlds The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration
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ISBN: 9780691147536

ISBN-10: 0691147531

ISBN-13: 9780691147536

Edition: 2014

Authors: Chris Impey, Holly Henry

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Dreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds. Spanning four decades of dramatic advances in astronomy and planetary science, this book tells the story of eleven iconic exploratory missions and how they have fundamentally transformed our scientific and cultural perspectives on the universe and our place in it.The journey begins with the Viking and Mars Exploration Rover missions to Mars, which paint a startling picture of a planet at the cusp of habitability. It then moves into the realm of the gas giants with the Voyager probes and Cassini's ongoing exploration of the moons of Saturn. The Stardust probe's dramatic round-trip…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 9/13/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.65" long x 1.29" tall
Weight: 2.090
Language: English

Chris Impey is an award-winningUniversity Distinguished Professor at theUniversity of Arizona. In addition to hiscritically acclaimed books How It Beginsand How It Ends, he has written twoastronomy textbooks. He lives in Tucson,Arizona.




Introduction



Viking: Discovering the Red Planet



MER: The Little Rovers That Could



Voyager: Grand Tour of the Solar System



Cassini: Bright Rings and Icy Worlds



Stardust: Catching a Comet by the Tail



SOHO: Living with a Restless Star



Hipparcos: Mapping the Milky Way



Spitzer: Unveiling the Cool Cosmos



Chandra: Exploring the Violent Cosmos



HST: The Universe in Sharp Focus



WMAP: Mapping the Infant Universe



Conclusion: New Horizons, New Worlds


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index