Space Exploration 2007

List of contents

The Epic Journey Begins....- Building the International Space Station.- Arrival of the Red Planet.- Looking at Mercury....- Visiting Venus....- Europa’s Ice Next . . ..- Exploring the Ringed Planet.- Secrets of a Cloudy Moon . . ..- Catching Fragments of Our Past....- A vision for Space Exploration....- ...Continuing a vision for Space Exploration.- Soyuz in the Jungle.- Return to the Moon.- In the footsteps of Soyuz.

About the author

Brian Harvey is the author of ‘The New Russian space programme’, ‘Russia in space - the Failed Frontier?’ (2001), ‘Two Roads into Space - the Japanese and Indian Space Programmes’ (1998), ‘The Chinese space Programme - from Conception to Future Capabilities’ (1997), ‘China's Space Program’ (2004), ‘Europe’s Space Programme’ (2003), ‘Two Roads to the Moon’ (with Dave Shayler)(forthcoming), ‘Russian Planetary Exploration’ (forthcoming), all Praxis titles. He is also a writer of articles on spaceflight for Astronomy Now, Orbit, Spaceflight, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (JBIS), Space Chronicle, Astronomy & Space, Sunday Press, Quest, Irish Independent. Broadcaster for RTE, BBC (Radio 4, World Service), Canadian Broadcasting. Brian Harvey is therefore ideally suited as the editor of Latest in Space - 2007.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Harvey
• Publisher: Springer Nature EN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2006
• No. of pages: 187
• Weight: 720 g
• Illustrations: IX, 187 p. 192 illus. in color., farbige Illustrationen
• Series: Springer Praxis Books; Space Exploration
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Astronomy: general, reference works; B, astronomy, astronautics, Automotive Engineering, Astronomy, space & time, Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astronomy—Observations, Observations, Astronomical, Aerospace engineering, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Aerospace & aviation technology, Automotive technology & trades, Automotive (motor mechanic) skills, Popular Science in Astronomy, Space Physics, Space sciences