Space exploration
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Space exploration
（Springer-Praxis books in space exploration）
Springer , Published in association with Praxis, c2007-
- 2007
- 2008
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Kobe University Library for Social Sciences
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Includes index
Editors: 2008: David M. Harland, Brian Harvey
Description and Table of Contents
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2007 ISBN 9780387333304
Description
This book provides an annual update on recent space launches, missions and results. The annual, written for both young and older space enthusiasts, provides a regular, balanced review of all the world's major space programmes. It covers space exploration from a variety of angles: looking back at past missions, reviewing those currently under way and looking to those planned for the future. The ten invited contributions each year will cover a variety of topics within these areas. The book is for space enthusiasts from teens upwards through to professionals working in the worldwide space industry and journalists covering space issues.
Table of Contents
The Epic Journey Begins....- Building the International Space Station.- Arrival of the Red Planet.- Looking at Mercury....- Visiting Venus....- Europa's Ice Next . . ..- Exploring the Ringed Planet.- Secrets of a Cloudy Moon . . ..- Catching Fragments of Our Past....- A vision for Space Exploration....- ...Continuing a vision for Space Exploration.- Soyuz in the Jungle.- Return to the Moon.- In the footsteps of Soyuz.
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2008 ISBN 9780387716671
Description
The Space Exploration annuals provide a yearly update on recent space launches, missions and results, to be published every September. The annual covers space exploration from a variety of angles, looking back at past missions, reviewing those currently under way and detailing those planned for the future, and encompassing both manned and unmanned spaceflight. The annual is written at an accessible level for both young and older space enthusiasts to provide a regular, balanced review of all the world's major space programmes, past, present and future. There is a special additional section in this year's annual entitled, 'Return to the Moon'.
Table of Contents
The Epic Journey Continues....- The Epic Journey Continues....- Prepare for Lift-off!....- Prepare for Lift-off!....- Stepping Out into the Solar System....- Stepping Out into the Solar System....- Long-Duration Spaceflight....- Long-Duration Spaceflight....- Another Giant Leap....- Another Giant Leap....- Beyond the Solar System....- Beyond the Solar System....- Reviving the Old, Introducing the New....- Reviving the Old, Introducing the New....- Return to the Moon.- Paving the Way for Future Exploration....- NASA's New Robotic Lunar Program....- And When We're Back on the Moon, What Next?....- Solar System Log.- Probing the Mysteries of Our Nearest Star....- Focusing on the Red Planet....- Fire and Water....- Report from the Ringed Planet....
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