Author: Asif A. Siddiqi Publisher: ISBN: 9781780393247 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 256
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First published in 2002 as volume 24 in the NASA "Monograph in Aerospace History" series. This study contains photographs and illustrations.
Author: Gregory L. Matloff Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 3540273409 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 242
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The Space Age is nearly 50 years old but exploration of the outer planets and beyond has only just begun. Deep-Space Probes Second Edition draws on the latest research to explain why we should explore beyond the edge of the Solar System and how we can build highly sophisticated robot spacecraft to make the journey. Many technical problems remain to be solved, among them propulsion systems to permit far higher velocities, and technologies to build vehicles a fraction of the size of today’s spacecraft. Beyond the range of effective radio control, robot vehicles for exploring deep space will need to be intelligent, ‘thinking’ craft – able to make vital decisions entirely on their own. Gregory Matloff also looks at the possibility for human travel into interstellar space, and some of the immense problems that such journeys would entail. This second edition includes an entirely new chapter on holographic message plaques for future interstellar probes – a NASA-funded project.
Author: Greogory L. Matloff Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1447136411 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 197
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This expert guide, written by a major figure at the NASA Marshall Spaceflight Center, presents an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the present-day state-of-the-art in the field of extrasolar and interstellar space exploration, focusing on the most promising techniques. It looks at potential missions and explores the many exciting ideas being developed to probe the planets and nearby stars for signs of life. Because of the tremendous current interest in the search for extrasolar life and extraterrestrial intelligence, this is a timely and illuminating survey.
Author: David Jefferis Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company ISBN: 9780778737247 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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With Space Probes: Exploring Beyond Earth, young readers can learn what a space probe is, what planets have been explored, what is a rover, and what future missions are planned. Includes a "How-to" Young Astronomer spread, and Internet links that act as stepping-stones to lead inquiring young minds further into the high-tech universe of space exploration. Young readers will thrill at the exciting color photographs of deep space and the machines that probe it.
Author: Giles Sparrow Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP ISBN: 9780836872798 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 52
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Explores how current data helps explain various phenomena, and describes the theories and practical methods that may help unravel future cosmic questions as they arise.
Author: Ailynn Collins Publisher: ISBN: 1543583709 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 33
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Probes can explore the depths of space in ways that would kill human beings. The information they provide can spur countless innovations here on Earth. Learn how probes work and the exciting possibilities that their discoveries may inspire.
Author: Zezhou Sun Publisher: Springer ISBN: 9789811547966 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 617
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This book offers readers essential insights into system design for deep space probes and describes key aspects such as system design, orbit design, telecommunication, GNC, thermal control, propulsion, aerobraking and scientific payload. Each chapter includes the basic principles, requirements analysis, procedures, equations and diagrams, as well as practical examples that will help readers to understand the research on each technology and the major concerns when it comes to developing deep space probes. An excellent reference resource for researchers and engineers interested in deep space exploration, it can also serve as a textbook for university students and those at institutes involved in aerospace.
Author: Robert Godwin Publisher: Apogee Books ISBN: Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 452
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From Voyager to Stardust, this complete guide to NASA's deep space probes features a DVD containing thousands of pictures and videos captured by the journeying probes. 250 photos, 100 in full color.
Author: Nicola Fox Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1489974334 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 647
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Documents the science, the mission, the spacecraft and the instrumentation on a unique NASA mission to study the Earth’s dynamic, dangerous and fascinating Van Allen radiation belts that surround the planet This collection of articles provides broad and detailed information about NASA’s Van Allen Probes (formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes) twin-spacecraft Earth-orbiting mission. The mission has the objective of achieving predictive understanding of the dynamic, intense, energetic, dangerous, and presently unpredictable belts of energetic particles that are magnetically trapped in Earth’s space environment above the atmosphere. It documents the science of the radiation belts and the societal benefits of achieving predictive understanding. Detailed information is provided about the Van Allen Probes mission design, the spacecraft, the science investigations, and the onboard instrumentation that must all work together to make unprecedented measurements within a most unforgiving environment, the core of Earth’s most intense radiation regions. This volume is aimed at graduate students and researchers active in space science, solar-terrestrial interactions and studies of the upper atmosphere. Originally published in Space Science Reviews, Vol. 179/1-4, 2013.
Author: Asif A. Siddiqi
Author: Gregory L. Matloff
Author: Greogory L. Matloff
Author: David Jefferis
Author: Giles Sparrow
Author: Ailynn Collins
Author: Gregory Matloff
Author: Zezhou Sun
Author: Robert Godwin
Author: Nicola Fox