ENGLISH

The MESSENGER Mission to Mercury

By C.T. Russell , Deborah Domingue

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2008
ISBN
9780387772110, 0387772111
DOI
10.1007/s11214-007-9275-2
Open Library ID
OL16884905M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (20342312 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
627\627
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-11-09 02:42:13

Description

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.

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