UID:
almahu_9948582252002882
Umfang:
1 online resource (various pagings) :
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illustrations (some color).
ISBN:
9780750320382
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9780750320375
Serie:
[IOP release 6]
Inhalt:
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most important scientific and engineering endeavors of our time. It has given humankind the first truly clear view of the heavens and has revolutionized almost every area of modern astronomy. The author this text, David Leckrone, worked as a project scientist on Hubble for 33 years. From 1992-2009 he was the Senior Project Scientist for Hubble at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. In that role he had an insider's view of the trials and triumphs of the Hubble mission, including its extraordinary scientific discoveries and the personal journeys of the astronomers who made them, the adventure of five successful shuttle-based servicing missions, and the quiet heroism of the many scientists, engineers and managers who rose to the occasion when Hubble was in trouble. This book is loosely a personal memoir but can more accurately be called a "Hubble family memoir" for which Leckrone serves as narrator.
Anmerkung:
"Version: 20200701"--Title page verso.
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1. A small error : the origin of spherical aberration -- 2. The road to redemption : learning to service in space -- 3. The sharper image : correcting spherical aberration -- 4. Leading the way : preparing to service Hubble -- 5. To the rescue : the first servicing mission -- 6. Transfiguration : life without spherical aberration -- 7. Once in a thousand years : preparing for Comet S/L-9 -- 8. When worlds collide : the comet campaign -- 9. From darkness to light : black holes and quasars -- 10. How high is the sky? Measuring the universe -- 11. You can almost see forever : the Hubble Deep Fields -- 12. A bad sunburn : the second servicing mission -- 13. Resurrection : the NICMOS saga -- 14. Racing Y2K : Servicing Mission 3a -- 15. Dangerous liaison : Servicing Mission 3b -- 16. Stormy Weather : Hubble under siege -- 17. Replenishing the toolbox : the science instruments of SM4 -- 18. A new beginning : the last servicing mission -- 19. Worlds without end : exploring exoplanets -- 20. The fathomless universe : dark matter and dark energy -- 21. Epilogue.
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader, EPUB reader, or Kindle reader.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: ISBN 9780750320368
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780750320399
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1088/2514-3433/ab8ad0
URL:
https://iopscience.iop.org/book/978-0-7503-2038-2
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