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Dreams of other worlds : = the amazing story of unmanned space exploration /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Dreams of other worlds :/ Chris Impey and Holly Henry.
Reminder of title:	the amazing story of unmanned space exploration /
remainder title:	Unmanned space exploration.
Author:	Impey, Chris.
other author:	Henry, Holly.
Published:	Princeton, N.J. :Princeton University Press, : c2013.,
Description:	450 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.) ;25 cm.
Subject:	Space probes. -
Subject:	Outer space - Exploration -
ISBN:	9780691147536 (hbk.) :

Dreams of other worlds : = the amazing story of unmanned space exploration /
Impey, Chris.

Dreams of other worlds :the amazing story of unmanned space exploration /Unmanned space exploration.Chris Impey and Holly Henry. - Princeton, N.J. :Princeton University Press,c2013. - 450 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.) ;25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-415) and index.

Viking : discovering the Red Planet --

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.

ISBN: 9780691147536 (hbk.) :US35.00

LCCN: 2013939381Subjects--Topical Terms:

588169
Space probes.
Subjects--Geographical Terms:

1245076
Outer space
--Exploration

LC Class. No.: TL795.3 / .I66 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 629.43/09

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