This volume offers a definitive history of Russian scientific space probes and the knowledge they acquired of the Earth, its environment, the Moon, Mars and Venus. Numerous illustrations help lay readers understand the complexities faced by Soviet technicians.
Brian Harvey recounts for the first time the definitive history of scientific Russian space probes and the knowledge they acquired of the Earth, its environment, the Moon, Mars and Venus. He examines what Russian Space Science has actually achieved in furthering our knowledge of the Solar System, focusing on the instrumentation and scientific objectives and outcomes, the information gained and lessons learnt. Boxes and charts are used extensively in order to convey in an easily understandable manner for the non-scientific reader the problems and issues addressed and solved by Soviet space scie
Russian Space Probes : Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions
2011
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Book
Electronic Resource
English
DDC: | 629.435094709045 / 520 | |
RVK: | ZO 8050 |
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