| Title: | Beyond Earth : a chronicle of deep space exploration, 1958-2016 |
| Authors: | Asif A. Siddiqi, Author ; United States. NASA History Program Office, Author |
| Material Type: | eBook |
| Publisher: | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2018 |
| Series: | NASA SP |
| ISBN / ISSN / EAN : | 978-1-62683-043-1 |
| Format: | 1 online resource (xvii, 372 p.) / ill. |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | TL795.3 |
| Subjects: | Planets--Exploration ; Space flight--History ; Space probes |
| Description: | This book is a chronicle of our attempts to send these robotic travelers beyond Earth orbit, to the Moon, to other planets and their moons, to the Sun, to comets, to minor planets, to dwarf planets, and ultimately beyond the solar system. This remarkable international chronology goes from the early Cold War superpower competition to more recent and compelling scientific quests. From Sputnik to Cassini to Mars rovers and many more, this book is filled with many technical details and also stories of incredible hardships and successes of robotic space exploration. |
| Format : | Online/Open Access |
| Access: | https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/beyond-earth-tagged.pdf |
| Permalink: | https://isulibrary.isunet.edu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=10501 |
