Discovering the Cosmos with Small Spacecraft: The American Explorer Program

by Brian Harvey

Presents the history of the Explorer program of small American scientific satellites

Outlines Explorer's pioneering studies in a number of scientific disciplines, narrating the story of how these satellites improved our knowledge of near-Earth space, the interrelationship between the Sun and Earth, and astronomy at wavelengths impossible to study from the surface of Earth

Brings together space science, spacecraft design, the personalities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319681389
• ISBN13: 9783319681382
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.8"