Space Exploration And Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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ABC-CLIO

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Copyright

2010

ISBN13

9781851095193

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eBook

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9th Grade - College Senior

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An authoritative history of space flight and its political, social, cultural, and economic implications. The focus is on a global history of space.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Preface.
Foreword.
Acknowledgments.
About the Editors.
1: Encyclopedia Purpose, Structure, and Standards.
2: Using This Encyclopedia.
3: Space History.
4: Space Historiography.
5: Astrophysics and Planetary Science.
6: Astrobiology.
7: Planetary Protection.
8: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
9: Astrophysics.
10: High-Energy Astrophysics.
11: ANS, Astronomical Netherlands Satellite.
12: Ariel 5.
13: ASCA, Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics.
14: BeppoSAX, Satellite per Astronomia X.
15: Chandra X-ray Observatory.
16: Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.
17: Cos B.
18: EXOSAT, European X-ray Observatory Satellite.
19: Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope.
20: Granat.
21: HETE 2, High Energy Transient Explorer 2.
22: High Energy Astronomy Observatory Program.
23: INTEGRAL, International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory.
24: Japanese High-energy Satellites.
25: ROSAT, Röntgen Satellite.
26: RXTE, Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer.
27: SAS 2 and 3, Small Astronomy Satellites 2 and 3.
28: Swift.
29: Uhuru.
30: Vela 5.
31: XMM-Newton, X-ray Multi-Mirror Newton.
32: Low-Energy Astrophysics.
33: CHAPS, Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer.
34: COBE, Cosmic Background Explorer.
35: Copernicus.
36: EUVE, Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer.
37: FUSE, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer.
38: GALEX, Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
39: Gravity Probes A and B.
40: HALCA, Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communications and Astronomy.
41: Hipparcos.
42: Hubble Space Telescope.
43: IRAS, Infrared Astronomical Satellite.
44: ISO, Infrared Space Observatory.
45: IUE, International Ultraviolet Explorer.
46: MOST, Microvariability and Oscillation of Stars.
47: Spitzer Space Telescope.
48: SWAS, Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite.
49: WIRE, Wide Field Infrared Explorer.
50: WMAP, Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe.
51: Planetary Science.
52: Aste
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