Unmanned Space Missions (An Explorer's Guide to the Universe)

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Author(s): Erik Gregersen
Edition: 1
Year: 2009

Language: English
Pages: 209

TITLE......Page 3
COPYRIGHT......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 5
INTRODUCTION......Page 10
CHAPTER 1 GETTING TO SPACE......Page 17
LIQUID PROPELLANTS IN VARIOUS FLIGHT VEHICLES......Page 21
HOW ROCKETS WORK......Page 22
CHEMICAL ROCKETS......Page 25
DEVELOPMENT OF ROCKETS......Page 35
LAUNCHING INTO SPACE: GRAVITY......Page 67
EARTH ORBIT......Page 68
EARTH ESCAPE......Page 69
PLANETARY TRAJECTORY......Page 70
NAVIGATION......Page 72
RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING......Page 74
REENTRY AND RECOVERY......Page 75
CHAPTER 3 NOTABLE SATELLITES......Page 77
THE 1950S......Page 78
EXPLORER......Page 79
PIONEER......Page 80
LUNA......Page 81
MIDAS......Page 82
VENERA......Page 83
ARIEL......Page 85
VELA......Page 86
PEGASUS......Page 87
SURVEYOR......Page 88
BIOSATELLITE......Page 89
SHINSEI......Page 90
VIKING......Page 91
INTERNATIONAL ULTRAVIOLET EXPLORER......Page 93
SEASAT......Page 94
INFRARED ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE......Page 95
GIOTTO......Page 96
BURAN......Page 97
MAGELLAN......Page 98
GALILEO......Page 100
COSMIC BACKGROUND EXPLORER......Page 102
GREAT OBSERVATORIES......Page 103
ULYSSES......Page 107
COMPTON GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY......Page 108
CLEMENTINE......Page 110
INFRARED SPACE OBSERVATORY......Page 111
NEAR EARTH ASTEROID RENDEZVOUS SHOEMAKER......Page 113
MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR......Page 115
CASSINI-HUYGENS......Page 117
DEEP SPACE 1......Page 121
NOZOMI......Page 122
MARS POLAR LANDER......Page 123
STARDUST/NEXT......Page 124
CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY......Page 125
THE 2000S AND BEYOND......Page 127
WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE......Page 128
GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT......Page 130
HAYABUSA......Page 131
MARS EXPRESS......Page 132
MARS EXPLORATION ROVER......Page 133
MICROVARIABILITY AND OSCILLATIONS OF STARS (MOST)......Page 134
SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE......Page 135
GRAVITY PROBE B......Page 137
MERCURY SURFACE, SPACE ENVIRONMENT, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND RANGING......Page 138
SWIFT......Page 139
DEEP IMPACT/EPOXI......Page 140
VENUS EXPRESS......Page 142
NEW HORIZONS......Page 144
SOLAR TERRESTRIAL RELATIONS OBSERVATORY......Page 145
PHOENIX......Page 146
KAGUYA......Page 147
CHANG'E 1......Page 148
FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE......Page 149
CHANDRAYAAN-1......Page 150
KEPLER......Page 151
HERSCHEL......Page 152
PLANCK......Page 153
LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER......Page 154
JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE......Page 155
CHAPTER 4 SCIENCE IN SPACE......Page 156
SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS......Page 157
SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION......Page 160
SPACE OBSERVATORIES......Page 163
OBSERVING EARTH......Page 166
CHAPTER 5 SPACE APPLICATIONS......Page 168
METEOROLOGY......Page 169
POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING......Page 170
MILITARY AND NATIONAL SECURITY USES OF SPACE......Page 171
SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS......Page 172
REMOTE SENSING......Page 174
COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION......Page 175
ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE......Page 177
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY......Page 180
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION......Page 183
EUROPE......Page 184
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS......Page 185
HUGH DRYDEN......Page 187
DANIEL GOLDIN......Page 188
SAMUEL HOFFMAN......Page 189
THEODORE VON KÁRMÁN......Page 190
JAMES KILLIAN......Page 193
HERMANN OBERTH......Page 194
WILLIAM PICKERING......Page 195
GLOSSARY......Page 197
FOR FURTHER READING......Page 199
INDEX......Page 200