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Space Exploration 2007 [electronic resource] /by Brian Harvey.

by Harvey, Brian [author.]; SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Springer Praxis Books: Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.Description: IX, 161 p. online resource.ISBN: 9780387487588.Subject(s): Science (General) | Astronomy | Astrophysics | Popular Science | Popular Science in Astronomy | Space Exploration and Astronautics | Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences | Automotive and Aerospace Engineering, Traffic | AstronomyDDC classification: 520 Online resources: Click here to access online
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.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: The aim of the Space Exploration - 2007 is to provide an annual update on recent space launches, missions and results, to be published every year in September. The annual will cover 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, to appeal to a wide readership. The regular set features, which will appear every year, will include records noting satellite and rocket launches in the previous year and satellite recoveries; analysis of developments and emerging trends in space exploration; notes on records and main feats during the year; basic data on all launchers currently in operation; schedules of upcoming missions; anniversaries and landmarks.
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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.

The aim of the Space Exploration - 2007 is to provide an annual update on recent space launches, missions and results, to be published every year in September. The annual will cover 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, to appeal to a wide readership. The regular set features, which will appear every year, will include records noting satellite and rocket launches in the previous year and satellite recoveries; analysis of developments and emerging trends in space exploration; notes on records and main feats during the year; basic data on all launchers currently in operation; schedules of upcoming missions; anniversaries and landmarks.

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