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Robotic exploration of the solar system. Part 4, The modern era, 2004-2013 [electronic resource] / Paolo Ulivi with David M Harland.

9781461448129 electronic book
1461448123 electronic book
9781461448112
9781461448112

New York : Springer, [2015]

©2015

English

1 online resource.

10.1007/978-1-4614-4812-9 doi

TL788.5

629.47

In Robotic Exploration of the Solar System, Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide a comprehensive account of the design and management of deep-space missions, the spacecraft involved? some flown, others not? their instruments, and their scientific results. This fourth volume in the series covers the period 2004 to the present day and features: coverage of the Rosetta and Curiosity missions up to the end of 2013 coverage of Mars missions since 2005, including the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Phoenix and Fobos-Grunt, plus a description of plans for future robotic exploration of the Red Planet coverage of all planetary missions launched between 2004 and 2013, including the Deep Impact cometary mission, the MESSENGER Mercury orbiter, the New Horizons Pluto flyby and the Juno Jupiter orbiter the first complete description of the Chinese Chang?e 2 asteroid flyby mission ever published extensive coverage of future missions, including the European BepiColombo Mercury orbiter and international plans to revisit the most interesting moons of Jupiter and Saturn.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.

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