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NASA's Voyager Missions (2nd Ed., 2nd ed. 2022)
Exploring the Outer Solar System and Beyond
Space Exploration Series
Author: Evans Ben
Language: EnglishSubjects for NASA's Voyager Missions:
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1. Voyager 45th anniversary. 2. Voyager missions. 3. Voyager probes. 4. Voyager 1 and 2. 5. Voyager launch 1977. 6. Voyager probe design. 7. Voyager probe construction. 8. Voyager mission science results. 9. Voyager Jupiter survey. 10. Voyager Saturn survey. 11. Voyager 2 Uranus. 12. Voyager 2 Neptune. 13. Voyager Golden Record. 14. Voyager interstellar space
243 p. · 16.8x24 cm · Paperback
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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.
Chapter 1 – to explore the history of planetary observation from prehistory through the invention of the telescope and into modern times, prior to the dawn of the Space Age.
Chapter 2 – to trace early efforts to explore the Solar System and planets with space telescopes and space probes in the 1960s and 1970s and the state of knowledge on the eve of the Voyagers’ launch.
Chapter 3 – to explore the origins of Project Voyager as a continuation of Mariner, with emphasis on early designs, nuclear power, Saturn V and other boosters and the evolution and expense of TOPS.
Chapter 4 – to focus on the construction, processing and launch of the spacecraft, together with initial problems experienced and how communications and data processing occurred, as well as the background to the Voyagers’ respective trajectory plans.
Chapter 5 – to explore the Voyagers’ surveys of Jupiter, from early observations to completion of science phase, lessons learned and as in the original volume this story will be brought up to date with more modern Galileo and Juno data.
Chapter 6 – to explore the Voyagers’ surveys of Jupiter, from early observations to completion of science phase, lessons learned and as in the original volume this story will be brought up to date with more modern Galileo and Juno data.
Chapter 7 - to explore the Voyagers’ surveys of Saturn, from early observations to completion of science phase, lessons learned and as in the original volume this story will be brought up to date with more modern Cassini data.
Chapter 8 - to explore the Voyagers’ surveys of Uranus, from early observations to completion of science phase, lessons learned and as in the original volume this story will be brought up to date with more modern Hubble and Keck-II data, in addition to ongoing Decadal Surveys to explore future mission concepts.
Chapter 9 - to explore the Voyagers’ surveys of Neptune, from early observations to completion of science phase, lessons learned and as in the original volume this story will be brought up to date with more modern Hubble and Keck-II data, in addition to ongoing Decadal Surveys to explore future mission concepts.
Chapter 10 – to explore the Voyagers’ respective trajectories and discoveries after their planetary encounters, including the 1990 family portrait, gradual deterioration of instrument usage from the late 1990s and beyond and the current state of the missions, together with expectation of end-of-contact and the legacy of the mission.
Bibliography
Index
Celebrates the 45th anniversary of the Voyager missions
Explores the achievements of the Voyager probes the context of more recent scientific developments
Traces the evolution of Voyager from its roots in the Mariner project to its financial struggles with the TOPS concept