Deep Space Craft An Overview of Interplanetary Flight /

• Main Author: Doody, Dave. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Astronomy.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Automotive Engineering.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Popular Science in Astronomy.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89510-7

This book opens the door to the intriguing world of interplanetary flight. It provides a highly focused, insiders view of current and recent interplanetary space exploration, describing all the different aspects of the many individual space-exploring machines that operate throughout our Solar Syste...

Table of Contents:

• Telepresence
• Navigating the Depths
• Spacecraft Attitude Control
• Propulsion
• More Subsystems Onboard
• Scientific Instruments and Experiments
• Mission Formulation and Implementation
• Onward
• Appendix A: Typical Spacecraft
• Appendix B: Typical Instruments
• Appendix C: Space
• Appendix D: The Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Appendix E: Chronology
• Appendix F: Units of Measure, Abbreviations, Greek Alphabet.