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- As the Cassini/Huygens spacecraft heads towards Saturn, David Harland tells the whole story of the mission and reviews our knowledge of Saturn, its rings and satellites
- Explains in detail how the Cassini/Huygens mission was planned, how it will operate and how its observations will revolutionise our knowledge of the Saturnian system
- Provides a context for enthusiasts to follow the progress of the mission and its discoveries
- Includes maps of all Saturn's major satellites and image sequences showing changing perspectives of the moons during spacecraft fly-bys
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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"David Harland takes a long, serious look at Saturn from the first telescopic observations, the theorising about the rings, the early spectroscopy, the vistas and the science revealed by the spacecraft flybys of 1979, 1980 and 1981. Then he tackles the planning, building and journey of the Cassini orbiter, the most highly instrumented spacecraft ever dispatched on a deep space mission, and the Huygens Titan probe. Mission to Saturn is superbly illustrated, well referenced and an eminently readable book." - New Scientist
"We learned more about Saturn in one week than in the entire span of human history."
–Bradford Smith, Voyager Imaging Team Leader
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mission to Saturn
Book Subtitle: Cassini and the Huygens Probe
Authors: David M. Harland
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
Publisher: Springer London
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2002
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-656-1Published: 20 September 2002
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 290