Russian Planetary Exploration
Russian Planetary Exploration

Author: Brian Harvey

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-07-05

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 0387496645

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Illustrated with photographs from Soviet Venus and Mars probes, images of spacecraft, diagrams of flight paths and maps of landing sites, this book draws on published scientific papers, archives, memoirs and other material. The text reviews Soviet engineering techniques and science packages, as well the difficulties which ruined several missions. The program’s scientific and engineering legacy is also addressed, within the Soviet space effort as a whole.

Reconsidering Sputnik
Reconsidering Sputnik

Author: Roger D. Launius

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 468

ISBN-13: 9789057026232

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This book explores Russia's stunning success of ushering in the space age by launching Sputnik and beating the United States into space. It also examines the formation of NASA, the race for human exploration of the moon, the reality of global satellite communications, and a new generation of scientific spacecraft that began exploring the universe. An introductory essay by Pulitzer Prize winner Walter A. McDougall sets the context for Sputnik and its significance at the end of the twentieth century.

Mars and Its Canals
Mars and Its Canals

Author: Percival Lowell

Publisher: Alpha Edition

Published: 2023-01-24

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789356909823

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Mars and Its Canals, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

High Energy Neutron Detector
High Energy Neutron Detector

Author: Clyde Edward Wiegand

Publisher:

Published: 1949

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13:

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It is the purpose of this paper to describe a neutron detector suitable for monitoring a flux of neutrons whose energy is greater than about 50 Mev. Detection of the neutrons is accomplished by their ability to induce fission in heavy elements. Kelly and Wiegand studied the neutron fission of Bi, Pb, Ti, Hg, Au, and Pt at various neutron energies and the presently described counter is an application of this work.