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100 1 _aHarvey, Brian.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aRussian Space Probes
_h[recurso electrónico] :
_bScientific Discoveries and Future Missions /
_cby Brian Harvey, Olga Zakutnyaya.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bPraxis :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2011.
300 _aXXIX, 514 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSpringer Praxis Books
505 0 _aIntroduction by the authors -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- Terminological and translation notes -- Reference notes -- List of tables -- List of illustrations -- List of figures -- Chapter 1: Early space science -- Chapter 2: Deepening our understanding -- Chapter 3: Revealing the Moon -- Chapter 4: Unveiling Venus -- Chapter 5: The path to Mars -- Chapter 6: Orbiting space stations -- Chapter 7: Later Soviet space science: the observatories -- Chapter 8: Perspectives, past, and future -- Annex: Summary of Soviet and Russian space science missions -- Bibliography -- Index.
520 _aThe Soviet Union began the exploration of space with the launch of Sputnik in 1957, well over 50 years ago, and sent the first probes to the Moon, Mars, and Venus. Less well known is what these probes actually found out. What were the discoveries of Russian space science? What new discoveries may we expect in the future? Who were Russia's most important scientists? Russian Space Probes gives for the first time the definitive history of Soviet-Russian space science, and is the first book to assess the actual achievements of the Russian space program in furthering our knowledge of the Solar System. Among other projects covered are missions such as Elektron, which mapped the Earth's radiation belts; the astrophysical observatories Astron, Kvant, Gamma, and Granat; Proton, which trapped cosmic rays; Prognoz, which measured solar radiation; and the Interball, Aktivny, APEX, and Magion mission in which satellites chased each other in the Earth's magnetic tail. The final part of the book examines the future of Russian space science and looks at planned new missions, such as the Spektr series of space observatories, and return flights to the Moon and Mars, including a sample of Phobos.
650 0 _aScience (General).
650 0 _aAstrophysics.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 0 _aAstronautics.
650 1 4 _aPopular Science.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Astronomy.
650 2 4 _aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques.
650 2 4 _aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
650 2 4 _aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
700 1 _aZakutnyaya, Olga.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aSpringer Praxis Books
856 4 0 _zLibro electrónico
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