New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy from the V2 to the Hubble Space TelescopeCambridge University Press, 2000 - 507 páginas New Cosmic Horizons tells the extraordinary story of space-based astronomy since the Second World War. Starting with the launch of the V2 rocket in 1946, this book explores the triumphs of space experiments and spacecraft designs and the amazing astronomical results that they have produced. David Leverington examines the fascinating way in which the changing political imperatives of the United States, USSR/Russia and Western Europe have modified their space astronomy programs. He covers all major astronomy missions of the first fifty years of space research: the Soviet Sputnik and American Explorer projects, the subsequent race to the moon, solar and planetary missions, and the wonders of modern astrophysics culminating in the exciting results of the Hubble Space Telescope. Extensively illustrated, New Cosmic Horizons offers amateur and professional astronomers an unusual perspective on the history of astronomy in our time. David Leverington was Design Manager of the GEOS Spacecraft and Meteosat Program Manager for ESA in the 1970s. During his tenure as Engineering Director at British Aerospace in the 1980s, he was responsible for the Giotto spacecraft that intercepted Halley's comet, and the Photon Detector Assembly and solar arrays for the Hubble Space Telescope. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He lives in Essex, England. |
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The Sounding Rocket Era | 1 |
12 Solar XRays and the Earths Ionosphere | 4 |
13 NonSolar XRay Sources | 9 |
The Start of the Space Race | 17 |
22 The American Programme PreSputnik | 18 |
23 The Soviet Programme | 21 |
24 Early Scientific Results | 23 |
25 The Formation of NASA | 29 |
107 Solar Max | 255 |
108 The Solar Constant | 261 |
109 Yohkoh | 270 |
1010 Ulysses | 272 |
1011 SOHO | 280 |
1012 Summary | 287 |
Early Spacecraft Observations of NonSolar System Sources | 289 |
112 Explorer 11 and Gamma Rays | 291 |
Initial Exploration of the Solar System | 31 |
32 The First Missions to Mars and Venus | 37 |
Lunar Exploration | 46 |
42 Korolev and the Russian Programme | 52 |
43 Surveyor Orbiter and Apollo | 55 |
44 The Soviet Response | 65 |
Mars and Venus Early Results | 67 |
52 Russian Disasters | 72 |
53 Venera 4 | 74 |
54 Mariner 5 to Venus | 75 |
55 Veneras 5 and 6 | 76 |
56 American Funding Problems | 77 |
57 Mariners 6 and 7 | 80 |
58 Summary | 82 |
Mars and Venus The Middle Period | 84 |
62 Veneras 7 and 8 | 86 |
63 Mariner 10 | 90 |
64 Mariner 9 Mars 2 and 3 and the Great Martian Dust Storm of 1971 | 92 |
65 Mars 4 to 7 | 99 |
66 Viking | 100 |
67 Veneras 9 and 10 | 110 |
68 PioneerVenus | 113 |
69 Veneras 11 and 12 | 116 |
Venus Mars and Cometary Spacecraft Post1980 | 120 |
72 Veneras 13 to 16 | 121 |
73 Planning The Halley Encounters | 125 |
74 Vegas 1 and 2 at Venus | 132 |
75 The Halley Intercepts | 133 |
76 Magellan | 141 |
77 The Phobos Spacecraft | 150 |
78 Mars Observer | 152 |
Early Missions to the Outer Planets | 155 |
82 Pioneers 10 and 11 | 159 |
The Voyager Missions to the Outer Planets | 168 |
92 Voyager 1 at Jupiter | 170 |
93 Voyager 2 at Jupiter | 178 |
94 Voyager 1 at Saturn | 182 |
95 Voyager 2 at Saturn | 191 |
96 Voyager 2 at Uranus | 196 |
97 Voyager 2 at Neptune | 209 |
The Sun | 226 |
102 The Solar Wind | 232 |
103 Flares | 239 |
104 The Corona | 246 |
105 Skylab | 247 |
106 Summary | 254 |
114 Xrays | 293 |
115 Pulsars | 296 |
116 Uhuru | 298 |
A Period of Rapid Growth | 307 |
122 The European Dimension | 312 |
123 TD1 | 314 |
124 Dwarf Novae | 317 |
125 ANS | 318 |
126 Ariel 5 | 320 |
127 AM Herculis The First Polar | 324 |
128 Gammarays | 325 |
129 Summary | 328 |
The High Energy Astronomy Observatory Programme | 330 |
132 HEAO1 | 332 |
133 HEAO2 or the Einstein Observatory | 336 |
134 SS 433 | 344 |
135 HEAO3 | 352 |
136 Summary | 353 |
IUE IRAS and Exosat Spacecraft for the Early 1980s | 355 |
142 The Infrared Astronomical Satellite | 362 |
143 Exosat | 369 |
144 Summary | 377 |
Hiatus | 379 |
152 Supernova 1987A | 386 |
Business as Usual | 392 |
162 The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory | 400 |
163 Geminga | 405 |
164 Gamma Ray Bursts | 406 |
165 The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer | 411 |
166 The Infrared Space Observatory | 414 |
The hubba Space Telescope | 420 |
172 The Spacecraft and its Instruments | 432 |
173 Launch and PostLaunch Checkout | 437 |
174 Scientific Results The First Three Years | 440 |
175 Hardware Problems and the First Servicing Mission | 447 |
176 The Second Three Years | 450 |
177 Concluding Remarks | 465 |
Appendix | 466 |
Glossary | 470 |
Bibliography | 476 |
Units | 482 |
Abbreviations | 483 |
Name Index | 486 |
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