Editors:
- First book ever that presents the science and instruments of the MESSENGER space mission
- Addresses our current understanding of the planet Mercury
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
NASA’s MESSENGER mission, launched on 3 August, 2004 is the seventh mission in the Discovery series. MESSENGER encounters the planet Mercury four times, culminating with an insertion into orbit on 18 March 2011. It carries a comprehensive package of geophysical, geological, geochemical, and space environment experiments to complete the complex investigations of this solar-system end member begun with Mariner 10. The articles in this book, written by the experts in each area of the MESSENGER mission, describe the mission, spacecraft, scientific objectives, and payload. The book is of interest to all potential users of the data returned by the MESSENGER mission, to those studying the nature of Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, and by all those interested in the design and implementation of planetary exploration missions.
Editors and Affiliations
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Applied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, USA
D. L. Domingue
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Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
C. T. Russell
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The MESSENGER Mission to Mercury
Editors: D. L. Domingue, C. T. Russell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77214-1
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77211-0
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-3928-2
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77214-1
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IV, 623
Additional Information: Reprinted from Space Science Reviews journal, Volume 131/1-4, 2007
Topics: Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Planetology, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics