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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
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.
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
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.
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