Dreams of Other Worlds : : The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration - Revised and Updated Edition / / Holly Henry, Chris Impey.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
• VerfasserIn: Impey, Chris,; Henry, Holly,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Revised and Updated
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (464 p.) :; 16 color illus. 68 halftones. 10 line illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Viking: Discovering the Red Planet --; 3. MER: The Little Rovers That Could --; 4. Voyager: Grand Tour of the Solar System --; 5. Cassini: Bright Rings and Icy Worlds --; 6. Stardust: Catching a Comet by the Tail --; 7. SOHO: Living with a Restless Star --; 8. Hipparcos: Mapping the Milky Way --; 9. Spitzer: Unveiling the Cool Cosmos --; 10. Spitzer: Unveiling the Cool Cosmos --; 11. HST: The Universe in Sharp Focus --; 12. WMAP: Mapping the Infant Universe --; 13. Conclusion: New Horizons, New Worlds --; Notes --; Selected Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400881284; 9783110638592
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400881284
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Holly Henry, Chris Impey.

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.