UID:
almahu_9949420491002882
Format:
1 online resource (769 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780816544240
Note:
Cover -- Praise for Discovering Mars -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Wanderers and Wonderers -- 2. The Warfare with Mars -- 3. The First Telescopic Reconnaissance -- 4. Mappers of Strange Lands and Seas -- 5. Mars Above the Dreaming Spires -- 6. The Moons of Mars -- 7. A Tale of Two Observers -- 8. Mars in the Gilded Age -- 9. The Rise and Fall of the Canals -- 10. The Martian Sublime -- 11. Marsniks and Flyby Mariners: The 1960s -- 12. A Martian Epic: Mariner 9 -- 13. Vikings Invade the Red Planet: 1976-1980 -- 14. A Sedimentary Planet -- 15. Baby Steps: Back to the Surface with Pathfinder -- 16. Mineral Mappers -- 17. Living on Mars with Spirit, Opportunity, and Phoenix -- 18. Mountain Climbing with Curiosity -- Color Plates -- 19. Atmospheric Explorers -- 20. Shooting the Moon(s): Spacecraft Exploration of Phobos and Deimos -- 21. Ongoing and Upcoming Missions: The 2020s -- 22. Our Future Mars -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Chronology of Mars Mission Launches -- Appendix B: Mission and Instrument Acronyms -- Appendix C: Physical and Orbital Characteristics of Mars, Phobos, and Deimos -- Appendix D: Oppositions of Mars, 1901-2099 -- Appendix E: Mars Nomenclature -- Appendix F: A Seasonal and Historical Almanac for Mars -- Appendix G: Timekeeping on Mars -- Appendix H: NASA's Historical Investment in Mars Exploration -- Notes -- Index -- About the Authors.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Sheehan, William Discovering Mars Tucson : University of Arizona Press,c2021 ISBN 9780816532100
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
