Russian space probes : scientific discoveries and future missions

The Soviet Union began the exploration of space with the launch of Sputnik in 1957, well over 50 years ago, and sent the first probes to the Moon, Mars, and Venus. Less well known is what these probes actually found out. What were the discoveries of Russian space science? What new discoveries may we...

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Hovedforfatter: Harvey, Brian, économiste
Format: Livre numérique
Sprog:Anglais
Udgivet: New York, NY : Praxis [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Udgivelse:1st ed. 2011.
Serier:Space Exploration
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Edition sous un autre format:• Russian Space Probes, Texte imprimé, 9781441981516
• Russian space probes, scientific discoveries and future missions, Brian Harvey with Olga Zakutnyaya, New York, Springer, 2011, 1 vol. (XXIX-514 p.), Springer-Praxis books in space exploration, 978-1-441-98149-3
Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Introduction by the authors Acknowledgments Glossary Terminological and translation notes Reference notes List of tables List of illustrations List of figures Chapter 1: Early space science Chapter 2: Deepening our understanding Chapter 3: Revealing the Moon Chapter 4: Unveiling Venus Chapter 5: The path to Mars Chapter 6: Orbiting space stations Chapter 7: Later Soviet space science: the observatories Chapter 8: Perspectives, past, and future Annex: Summary of Soviet and Russian space science missions Bibliography Index