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Viking : discovering the Red Planet -- MER : the little rovers that could -- Voyager : grand tour of the solar system -- Cassini : bright rings and icy worlds -- Stardust : catching a comet by the tail -- SOHO : living with a restless star -- Hipparcos : mapping the Milky Way -- Spitzer : unveiling the cool cosmos -- Chandra : exploring the violent cosmos -- HST : the universe in sharp focus -- WMAP : mapping the infant universe -- Conclusion: New horizons, new worlds.;Dreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds. Spanning four decades of dramatic advances in astronomy and planetary science, this stunningly illustrated book tells the story of eleven iconic exploratory missions and how they have fundamentally transformed our scientific and cultural perspectives on the universe and our place in it ... reveals how unmanned exploration has redefined what it means to be temporary tenants of a small planet in a vast cosmos.

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Author

Henry, Holly;Impey, Chris

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9780691147536

Category

science

Subjects

History, Engineering, Astronomy

Rating

4 / 5 (62 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14