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NASA's Voyager Missions

Ben Evans
NASA s Voyager Missions Book PDF

Author : Ben Evans
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031079238

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2022 marks the 45th anniversary of the Voyager probe launches. Launched into space in 1977, these twin probes explored the farthest reaches of the Solar System before venturing on a one-way journey beyond, all the while testing the bounds of science, robotic exploration and our collective imagination. This heavily revised commemorative book takes a comprehensive look at their incredible achievements, future potential and overall legacy. Chronicled herein is an epic journey to unveil the mysterious outer reaches of the Solar System for the first time. The book recounts the Voyagers’ travels through the asteroid belt and past the giant gaseous planets Jupiter and Saturn, as well as Voyager 2’s forays near the distant ice giants Uranus and Neptune. Each chapter details in full the game-changing scientific data and glorious imagery they sent back to Earth. This new edition incorporates all the new data we have learned in the nearly 20 years since its original publication, discussing how the knowledge first gleaned with Voyager has been built upon in subsequent decades by Cassini, Juno and New Horizons. The Voyager probes captured imaginations around the world; now is an opportune time to reflect on their unparalleled quest across the edges of the Solar System and the enigmatic interstellar medium beyond.

Voyager Probes

Robyn Hardyman
Voyager Probes Book PDF

Author : Robyn Hardyman
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508151241

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Voyager Probes by Robyn Hardyman Pdf

NASA has now sent a robot beyond our solar system—and another is on its way! Through detailed, fascinating main content and sidebars, readers learn about the process of creating the technology for the amazing Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes. Their unique features are described, and full-color photographs and illustrations further showcase the impressive abilities of these robots. This book introduces the many STEM careers important to the Voyager missions as well as the long-term future of these probes. Readers today could be the Voyager scientists of tomorrow!

The Interstellar Age

Jim Bell
The Interstellar Age Book PDF

Author : Jim Bell
Publisher : Dutton
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781101983898

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The story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission— told by a scientist who was there from the beginning. --Publisher

Spacecraft Voyager 1

Alice Oswald
Spacecraft Voyager 1 Book PDF

Author : Alice Oswald
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105124053294

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Swirling like eddies in a river come the poems of Alice Oswald, who has quickly become one of the premier British poets writing today. Spacecraft Voyager 1 collects poetry from across her career —new poems, selections from her first and more recent books, and the entirety of her masterwork to date, Dart, winner of the 2002 T. S. Eliot Prize. Oswald's speaker—always curious, often whimsical, sometimes brash—becomes the river itself, as she gives voice to the natural world and the denizens along the river Dart in Devonshire, in their unique dialects and occupations. For the first time, Spacecraft Voyager 1 introduces American readers to an essential new poet..

Murmurs of Earth

Carl Sagan
Murmurs of Earth Book PDF

Author : Carl Sagan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307802026

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In 1977, two extraodinary spacecraft called Voyager were launched to the stars. Affixed to each Voyager craft was a gold-coated copped phonograph record as a message to possible extra-terrestrial civilizations that might encounter the spacecraft in some distant space and time. Each record contained 118 photographs of our planet; almost 90 minutes of the world's greatest music; an evolutionary audio essay on "The Sounds of Earth"; and greetings in almost sixty human languages (and one whale language). This book is an account, written by those chiefly responsible for the contents of the Voyager Record, of why they did it, how they selected the repertoire, and precisely what the record contains.

Pale Blue Dot

Carl Sagan,Ann Druyan
Pale Blue Dot Book PDF

Author : Carl Sagan,Ann Druyan
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780307801012

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Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan,Ann Druyan Pdf

“Fascinating . . . memorable . . . revealing . . . perhaps the best of Carl Sagan’s books.”—The Washington Post Book World (front page review) In Cosmos, the late astronomer Carl Sagan cast his gaze over the magnificent mystery of the Universe and made it accessible to millions of people around the world. Now in this stunning sequel, Carl Sagan completes his revolutionary journey through space and time. Future generations will look back on our epoch as the time when the human race finally broke into a radically new frontier—space. In Pale Blue Dot, Sagan traces the spellbinding history of our launch into the cosmos and assesses the future that looms before us as we move out into our own solar system and on to distant galaxies beyond. The exploration and eventual settlement of other worlds is neither a fantasy nor luxury, insists Sagan, but rather a necessary condition for the survival of the human race. “Takes readers far beyond Cosmos . . . Sagan sees humanity’s future in the stars.”—Chicago Tribune

NASA's Voyager Missions

Ben Evans,David M. Harland
NASA s Voyager Missions Book PDF

Author : Ben Evans,David M. Harland
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 1852337451

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NASA's Voyager Missions by Ben Evans,David M. Harland Pdf

For the first time, in one volume, Ben Evans with David Harland will not only tell the story of the hugely successful Voyager missions, but also that of the men and women who have devoted their entire working lives to them. Illustrated with stunning images, some in color, they describe the missions from their conception, through their spectacular encounters with the outer planets and on to their ultimate and, as yet, unknown destination among the stars in the so-called Voyager Interstellar Mission

Flyby

Joel Davis
Flyby Book PDF

Author : Joel Davis
Publisher : Atheneum Books
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Transportation
ISBN : UVA:X001217163

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This textbook considers the methods used by governments to change the economic and social framework within which agricultural production takes place: by influencing the prices of farm inputs and outputs, by modifying agricultural institutions, and by promoting new technologies in agriculture. The book is organised around a central set of eight policy chapters, covering topics of price policy, marketing policy, input policy, credit policy, mechanisation policy, land reform policy, research policy and irrigation policy. These chapters are preceded by material covering the nature of policy, in the context of the market versus state debate, and the principles used by economists to undertake agricultural policy analysis. They are followed by chapters that examine the status of women in agricultural policy, and that summarise aspects of food policy not covered in the main chapters. This book is designed for undergraduate and graduate students taking courses related to agricultural policy, agricultural economics, or rural development in developing countries. It will also be accessible to the non-specialist reader who wishes to obtain an overview of the individual policy topics covered.

Probes

Ruth Owen
Probes Book PDF

Author : Ruth Owen
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781477758489

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Probes are unmanned spacecraft, and they collect important information for scientists on Earth. They’ve helped people learn more about asteroids, comets, and other planets such as Mars. Readers learn about the incredible discoveries made by probes in the past, as well as the discoveries present probes are making throughout our solar system. Fact boxes accompany enlightening main text to provide readers with as much information as possible about this fascinating topic. Each page of detailed text is accompanied by vibrant photographs of probes and the amazing places they’re sent to explore.

Voyager: Exploring the Outer Planets

Joan Marie Verba
Voyager Exploring the Outer Planets Book PDF

Author : Joan Marie Verba
Publisher : FTL Publications
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-04
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780982523209

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Voyager: Exploring the Outer Planets by Joan Marie Verba Pdf

In 1977, NASA launched the space probes Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 to explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. This book tells of what was known about those planets and their moons before the Voyager missions, as well as what Voyager discovered about those planets and their moons. This book is written for the middle-grade reader, and can be enjoyed by readers age 12 and up.

Forging the Future of Space Science

National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board
Forging the Future of Space Science Book PDF

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309215893

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Forging the Future of Space Science by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,Space Studies Board Pdf

From September 2007 to June 2008 the Space Studies Board conducted an international public seminar series, with each monthly talk highlighting a different topic in space and Earth science. The principal lectures from the series are compiled in Forging the Future of Space Science. The topics of these events covered the full spectrum of space and Earth science research, from global climate change, to the cosmic origins of life, to the exploration of the Moon and Mars, to the scientific research required to support human spaceflight. The prevailing messages throughout the seminar series as demonstrated by the lectures in this book are how much we have accomplished over the past 50 years, how profound are our discoveries, how much contributions from the space program affect our daily lives, and yet how much remains to be done. The age of discovery in space and Earth science is just beginning. Opportunities abound that will forever alter our destiny.

Voyager's Grand Tour

Henry C. Dethloff,Ronald Anthony Schorn
Voyager s Grand Tour Book PDF

Author : Henry C. Dethloff,Ronald Anthony Schorn
Publisher : Konecky & Konecky
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Outer planets
ISBN : 1568527152

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Voyager's Grand Tour by Henry C. Dethloff,Ronald Anthony Schorn Pdf

Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 were launched in 1977. Since then they have traveled farther than any human object. Voyager 1 is now over 10 billion miles from the sun and is headed to the utmost boundary of our solar system. This book, originally published under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution, tells the story of their journey through the solar system and beyond. The authors' unparalleled access to NASA archives and imagery make this authoritative work on the subject. The book includes an 8 pages of photographs and computer generated imagery and black and white photos throughout.

Voyager Probes

Robyn Hardyman
Voyager Probes Book PDF

Author : Robyn Hardyman
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508151302

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Voyager Probes by Robyn Hardyman Pdf

NASA has now sent a robot beyond our solar system—and another is on its way! Through detailed, fascinating main content and sidebars, readers learn about the process of creating the technology for the amazing Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 probes. Their unique features are described, and full-color photographs and illustrations further showcase the impressive abilities of these robots. This book introduces the many STEM careers important to the Voyager missions as well as the long-term future of these probes. Readers today could be the Voyager scientists of tomorrow!

The Vinyl Frontier

Jonathan Scott
The Vinyl Frontier Book PDF

Author : Jonathan Scott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781472956118

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'Bursts with gloriously geeky detail.' The Telegraph Have you ever made someone you love a mix-tape? Forty years ago, a group of scientists, artists and writers gathered in a house in Ithaca, New York to work on the most important compilation ever conceived. It wasn't from one person to another, it was from Earth to the Cosmos. In 1977 NASA sent Voyager 1 and 2 on a Grand Tour of the outer planets. During the design phase of the Voyager mission, it was realised that this pair of plucky probes would eventually leave our solar system to drift forever in the unimaginable void of interstellar space. With this gloomy-sounding outcome in mind, NASA decided to do something optimistic. They commissioned astronomer Carl Sagan to create a message to be fixed to the side of Voyager 1 and 2 – a plaque, a calling card, a handshake to any passing alien that might one day chance upon them. The result was the Voyager Golden Record, a genre-hopping multi-media metal LP. A 90-minute playlist of music from across the globe, a sound essay of life on Earth, spoken greetings in multiple languages and more than 100 photographs and diagrams, all painstakingly chosen by Sagan and his team to create an aliens' guide to Earthlings. The record included music by J.S. Bach and Chuck Berry, a message of peace from US president Jimmy Carter, facts, figures and dimensions, all encased in a golden box. The Vinyl Frontier tells the story of NASA's interstellar mix-tape, from first phone call to final launch, when Voyager 1 and 2 left our planet bearing their hopeful message from the Summer of '77 to a distant future.

Probing the New Solar System

John Wilkinson
Probing the New Solar System Book PDF

Author : John Wilkinson
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780643099494

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Probing the New Solar System by John Wilkinson Pdf

Exploration by space probes has revealed many fascinating details about Earth’s planetary neighbours. Today we stand on the threshold of the next phase of planetary exploration and knowledge, with several space probe missions currently underway and others being planned. Probing the New Solar System discusses the latest findings that have contributed to a changed understanding of the solar system – and how the revised definition of a planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union affected this understanding. Each chapter includes some historical information, ‘Did you know?’ items of particular interest to readers, and photographs of objects in the solar system showing newly discovered features of the planets, their moons and of dwarf planets. This is an up-to-date record of the many recent discoveries made about our solar system and other planetary systems using ground-based and space probe technology. It has been written for people interested in astronomy, both professional and amateur, as well as for students and educators.