Interplanetary robots : true stories of space exploration /: true stories of space exploration. (2019)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Interplanetary robots : true stories of space exploration /: true stories of space exploration. (2019)
- Main Title:
- Interplanetary robots : true stories of space exploration
- Further Information:
- Note: Rod Pyle.
- Authors:
- Pyle, Rod
- Contents:
- Introduction -- Alone in the dark -- The center of the universe: part 1 -- Early plans -- Frau im Mond -- Suicide on the moon -- Flash forward: the lunar flashlight -- Mars in the crosshairs -- Flash forward: MarCO -- Landing on luna incognita -- Russian rovers -- Flash forward: prospecting the moon -- The center of the universe: part 2 -- Voyagers on Mars? -- ...And then came viking -- Flash forward: Mars has MOXIE! -- Barnstorming Venus: part 1 -- Barnstorming Venus: part 2 -- Flash forward: the tick-tock rover -- The center of the universe: part 3 -- A grand-ish tour -- Pioneering Jupiter and Saturn -- JPL's finest hour: the voyagers, part 1 -- Brief encounters: the voyagers, part 2 -- Into the void: the voyagers, part 3 -- Flash forward: going interstellar -- Not by a longshot -- Ruddy chunks of a red planet: Mars 5M -- Flash forward: robotic rendezvous at Mars -- Jupiter's revenge -- Flash forward: inflatable antennas -- The center of the universe: part 4 -- Saturn ahoy -- Flash forward: diving on Titan -- A return to Mars -- Flash forward: grabbing those samples -- Other missions of exploration and discovery -- The center of the universe: part 5 -- Photo insert -- Notes -- Index.
- Publisher Details:
- Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books
- Publication Date:
- 2019
- Copyright Date:
- 2019
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 629.43/54
Astronautics -- United States -- History
Space robotics -- United States -- History
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Engineering (General)
Astronautics
Space robotics
United States
Electronic books
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781633885035
1633885038 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781633885028
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 29, 2019). - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.458093
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- 02_597.xml