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Discovering the Cosmos with Small Spacecraft The American Explorer Program

Explorer was the original American space program and Explorer 1 its first satellite, launched in 1958. Sixty years later, it is the longest continuously running space program in the world, demonstrating to the world how we can explore the cosmos with small spacecraft. Almost a hundred Explorers have...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Harvey, Brian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
Series:Space Exploration
Subjects:
Astronautics
Astrobiology
Aerospace Engineering
Space Sciences
Planetology
Popular Science In Astronomy
Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration And Astronautics)
Astronomy
Aerospace Technology And Astronautics
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Dedication
  • About the Author
  • List of Tables
  • Author's Introduction
  • Chapter 1: Foundations
  • Chapter 2: Early Explorers
  • Chapter 3: Explorer and the crisis in space science
  • Chapter 4: Faster, better, cheaper?
  • Chapter 5: Future missions and conclusions
  • Bibliographical note
  • Appendix 1: List of Explorer missions
  • Index

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