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portada New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy From the v2 to the Hubble Space Telescope
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2001
Language
English
Pages
520
Format
Paperback
ISBN
0521658330
ISBN13
9780521658331
Edition No.
1
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New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy From the v2 to the Hubble Space Telescope

David Leverington (Author) · Cambridge University Press · Paperback

New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy From the v2 to the Hubble Space Telescope - David Leverington

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Synopsis "New Cosmic Horizons: Space Astronomy From the v2 to the Hubble Space Telescope "

New Cosmic Horizons tells the extraordinary story of space-based astronomy since the Second World War. Starting with the launch of the V2 rocket in 1946, this book explores the triumphs of space experiments and spacecraft designs and the amazing astronomical results that they have produced. David Leverington examines the fascinating way in which the changing political imperatives of the United States, USSR/Russia and Western Europe have modified their space astronomy programs. He covers all major astronomy missions of the first fifty years of space research: the Soviet Sputnik and American Explorer projects, the subsequent race to the moon, solar and planetary missions, and the wonders of modern astrophysics culminating in the exciting results of the Hubble Space Telescope. Extensively illustrated, New Cosmic Horizons offers amateur and professional astronomers an unusual perspective on the history of astronomy in our time. David Leverington was Design Manager of the GEOS Spacecraft and Meteosat Program Manager for ESA in the 1970s. During his tenure as Engineering Director at British Aerospace in the 1980s, he was responsible for the Giotto spacecraft that intercepted Halley's comet, and the Photon Detector Assembly and solar arrays for the Hubble Space Telescope. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. He lives in Essex, England.

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