Robot ExplorersTwenty-First Century Books, 2007 M08 15 - 112 pages Robot Explorers is about the unmanned missions throughout the solar system, from the first lunar and planetary probes of the 60s up to the sophisticated Mars rover missions of the past decade. It describes the missions to Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, several asteroids, and the Sun, as well as some of the missions planned for the future. |
Contents
Introduction | 5 |
Chapter 1 The Space Race | 6 |
Chapter 2 To the Moon | 10 |
Chapter 3 Venus | 26 |
Chapter 4 Mars | 36 |
Chapter 5 Jupiter | 54 |
Chapter 6 Saturn Uranus and Neptune | 68 |
Chapter 7 Mercury Pluto and More | 82 |
Common terms and phrases
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