Space invaders:how robotic spacecraft explore the solar system

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Van Pelt Michel.
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Published: Springer,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68880-0
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xiii, 312 p.): ill.
ISBN: 9780387688800 (electronic bk.)
0387688803 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: TP242
CLC: TP242.3
V423.9
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- A space robot is born -- Anatomy of a space probe -- Building and testing -- Instruments of science -- Launch -- Distant destinations -- Death of a spacecraft -- A bright future -- Only just beginning -- Glossary.