Issues by NASA, Washington, DC, 1980, 9x12 inches, 285 pages. Illusrated with diagrams and photos, it is a report on the Pioneer probes with detailed text on the missions and numerous color and black and white photos.
The Pioneer Program continues to achieve far beyond its original objectives because of the successful missions of Pioneers 10 and 11 which have been in space over 8 years and 7 years, respectively. An overview of the Pioneer Jupiter/Saturn mission is presented including the planning process; technical aspects of the spacecraft design and operation; and the scientific payloads and the experiments conducted during interplanetary flight and the flyby portion of the missions. Data obtained from the various experiments are analyzed. The imaging photopolarimeter is described and technical details of planetary images are examined.
Author(s): Richard O. Fimmel, James Van Allen, Eric Burgess
Publisher: NASA
Year: 1980
Language: English
Pages: 285
City: Washington DC
Tags: NASA Pioneer Probe Jupiter Saturn
Foreword
Introduction
Author's Preface
01 Pioneer to the Giant Planets
02 The Pioneer Jupiter/Saturn Mission
03 The Pioneer Spacecraft
04 Pioneer Science at New Frontiers
05 First into the Outer Solar System
06 Results at the New Frontiers
07 Images from Jupiter and Saturn
08 First Encounter with the Giant
09 Jupiter Revisited
10 Saturn Encounter
Epilog - Beyond the Outer Giants
Appendix 1 - The Imaging Photopolarimeter
Appendix 2 - Technical Details of Planetary Images
Appendix 3 - Pioneer Team
Appendix 4 - Pioneer Award Recipients
Index
