Title:
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The interstellar age : inside the forty-year Voyager mission /
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Authors:
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Jim Bell, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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New York : Dutton, 2015
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-525-95432-3
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Size:
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x, 324 p. / ill. (some co.) / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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American Library Association Notable Books (won award in 2016)./ Includes bibliographical references and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TL789.8.U6V6
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Subjects:
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Astronautics and state--United States--History
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Outer space--Exploration
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Planetary exploration
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Planets--Exploration
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Voyager project--United States
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Description:
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This title tells the story of the men and women who drove the Voyager spacecraft mission. Here, planetary scientist Jim Bell reveals what drove and continues to drive the members of this extraordinary team, including Ed Stone, Voyager 's chief scientist and the one-time head of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab; Charley Kohlhase, an orbital dynamics engineer who helped to design many of the critical slingshot maneuvers around planets that enabled the Voyagers to travel so far; and the geologist whose Earth-bound experience would prove of little help in interpreting the strange new landscapes revealed in the Voyagers ' astoundingly clear images of moons and planets
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