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Dreams of Other Worlds
Chris Impey, Holly Henry
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Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik / Naturwissenschaften allgemein
Beschreibung
The story of unmanned space exploration, from Viking to today
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 encounter with a comet is brought vividly to life, as are the SOHO and Hipparcos missions to study the Sun and Milky Way. This stunningly illustrated book also explores how our view of the universe has been brought into sharp focus by NASA's great observatories—Spitzer, Chandra, and Hubble—and how the WMAP mission has provided rare glimpses of the dawn of creation.
Dreams of Other Worlds reveals how these unmanned exploratory missions have redefined what it means to be the temporary tenants of a small planet in a vast cosmos.
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Atmosphere of Earth, Scientist, Microwave, Cosmic ray, Planetary science, Viking program, Technology, Supermassive black hole, Universe, Hubble Space Telescope, Carl Sagan, Outer space, To the Earth, Cosmic dust, Astronomy, Jupiter, Event horizon, Saturn, Metric expansion of space, Space Shuttle, Interstellar medium, Spitzer (bullet), Space Age, Cosmic microwave background, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Apollo 8, Star system, Chronology of the universe, Nebula, Extraterrestrial life, Brown dwarf, Star formation, Mars rover, Mars Exploration Rover, Spiral galaxy, Big Bang, General relativity, Hipparcos, Formation and evolution of the Solar System, Gas giant, Magnetic field, Molecule, Star, Wavelength, Astrobiology, Exoplanet, Binary star, Methane, Earth, Atomic nucleus, Milky Way, Photon, Light-year, Supernova, Giant planet, Year, Nuclear fusion, Observable universe, Radio wave, Space exploration, Huygens (spacecraft), Spacecraft, Temperature, Electromagnetic radiation, Solar mass, Nitrogen, Ultraviolet, Dark energy, Astronomer, Planetary system