Distant Worlds: Milestones in Planetary Exploration

by Peter Bond

Book Overview

Every planet (excepting Pluto) and nearly every other significant body in our solar system has been or soon will be landed on, crashed into, flown by, or otherwise prodded and peered at, mainly by unmanned missions that attract less than their share of public attention. Here, Peter Bond provides an overview of key twentieth century unmanned missions, telling the story of the mission planners and engineers who, working mostly in the background,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387402128
• ISBN13: 9780387402123
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Copernicus Books
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.2" x 8.3"