Solar system: the Sun and planets

A detailed visual reference covering the exploration of Mars from 1953 to 2003 through annotated maps, photographs, tables and detailed mission descriptions.

During the last decade, a rapid growth of knowledge in the field of re-entry and planetary entry has resulted in many significant advances useful to the student, engineer and scientist.

The aim of the State of the Universe annuals is to provide an annual astronomy review suitable for the popular science level reader to be published every September.

Magnetism is one of the basic properties of matter.

The high accuracy of modern astronomical spatial-temporal reference systems has made them considerably complex.

A fresh look at the latest Mars discoveries for researchers and students in planetary science, astronomy, and space exploration.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

This book brings together and integrates contributions on water quality modeling, monitoring and assessment techniques; wastewater treatment technologies; and sociological approaches in a single text.

This book presents two important new findings.

This book describes the technology, history, and future of rocket planes.

This handbook provides an updated comprehensive description of gravitational wave astronomy.

Two models for the origin of the Solar System, the Nebula Theory and the Capture Theory, are discussed by protagonists, Simon and Steven respectively, in the presence of Solomon, who oversees the discussions.

This brief presents a concise description of the existing spaceport market, the technologies being tested and developed at them, and the private companies that are making them possible.

xxii CONTENTS In 1957 I was invited to work on special problems in Magnetic Laboratory of the Academy of Sciences of USSR as a Head of Department of Magnetic Hydrodynamics.

This book presents a collection of focused review papers on the advances in topics in modern astronomy, astrophysics,  cosmology and planetary science.

A senior planetary astronomer leads this personal tour of NASA''s latest Solar System discoveries.

The flight of Gemini 4 in June 1965 was conducted barely four years after the first Americans flew in space.

Although there is a chance that certain planets may be habitable for life, the moons of planets might have even more to offer.

Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide in Robotic Exploration of the Solar System a detailed history of unmanned missions of exploration of our Solar System.

Risk Management in Outer Space Activities assesses selected risks associated with space activities, from an Australian and New Zealand perspective.

July 2019 marks 50 years since Neil Armstrong took his famous first steps on the surface of the Moon.

The analysis and computational techniques associated with the navigation and guidance of spacecraft are now in a mature state of development.

For nearly sixty years, radio observations have provided a unique insight into the physics of the active and quiescent solar atmosphere.

This book highlights latest research advance in the field of Radioscience, Equatorial Atmospheric Science and Environment as part of the International Symposium for Equatorial Atmosphere celebrating the 21st Anniversary of the Equatorial Atmosphere Radar (EAR) , organized by Research Center for Climate and Atmosphere (PRIMA) of National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

This book features a selection of works presented in the 2nd International Conference on BioGeoSciences in a unified framework.

Is the Earth the right model and the only universal key to understand habitability, the origin and maintenance of life?

Starting with the description of our home galaxy the Milky Way, this cogently written textbook introduces the reader to the astronomy of galaxies, their structure, active galactic nuclei, evolution and large scale distribution.

Written in an accessible style, this unique book aims at describing the Nobel prize winning works in astronomy to readers who only have a background of high school physics.

Powerful solar explosions, such as flares and coronal mass ejections, greatly disturb the electromagnetic environment around the Earth and the atmosphere.

This book explores the relations between physical parameters of extrasolar planets and their respective parent stars.

MARS ON OUR MINDS No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own .

An authoritative and readable introduction to the Sun, our nearest star, from two experienced astronomers, for general science readers.

Astromineralogy deals with the science of gathering mineralogical information from the astronomical spectroscopy of asteroids, comets and dust in the circumstellar environments in general.

Astromineralogy deals with the science of gathering mineralogical information from the astronomical spectroscopy of asteroids, comets and dust in the circumstellar environments in general.

This book describes the discovery of quasicrystals (icosahedral and decagonal) in an extraterrestrial rock from the Koryak Mountains of Far Eastern Russia.

This book presents the most important and crucial problems of space automation in context of future exploration programs.

During the summers of recent years, Germany - and other countries in Europe - - perienced a considerable number of days, where limit values for ground level ozone set for the protection of human health were exceeded.

This book gives an account, as little biased as possible, on human space missions beyond low Earth orbit in general, and specifically to the planets of the solar system.

This volume includes original papers presented at the 4th Symposium on Satellite Dynamics held at the XII Annual Plenary Meeting of COSPAR.

This book offers an overview of the fundamental dynamical processes, which are necessary to understand astrophysical phenomena, from the viewpoint of hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamics, and radiation hydrodynamics.

Details the science behind the Copernican Revolution, the transition from the Earth-centered cosmos to a modern understanding of planetary orbits.

The SpringerBriefs on Atmospheric and Space Sciences in two volumes presents a concise and interdisciplinary introduction to the basic theory, observation & modeling of atmospheric and ionospheric coupling processes on Earth.

This book includes peer-reviewed articles from INCREASE 2023, Indonesia.

Spacelab was a reusable laboratory facility that was flown on the Space Shuttle from 1983 to 1998.

A manned mission to Mars is faced with challenges and topics that may not be obvious but of great importance and challenging for such a mission.

The book describes current mission analysis and design techniques that may be applied to a very wide range of interplanetary missions from those targeting the inner planets to those destined for the outer planets and Solar System escape trajectories.

This textbook is one of the first to explain the fundamentals and applications of remote sensing at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

The essential reference for those interested in planetary formation, solar system dynamics, exoplanets and planetary habitability.