This slide presentation reviews the basics of how to achieve earth orbit and the use of gravity assist in travel to other planets. It also shows the basics of spacecraft design including explaining the typical structure of a spacecraft and the various subsystems. Overview designs of the Voyager, the Galileo, and the Cassini Spacecrafts are shown. Finally, a brief review of spacecraft navigation is given.


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    Title :

    Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Space Exploration


    Contributors:
    Chau, Savio (author)

    Publication date :

    2005-12-10


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English