Enhancing Hubble's Vision

Enhancing Hubble's Vision

Service Missions That Expanded Our View of the Universe

Harland, David M.; Shayler, David J.

Springer International Publishing AG

12/2015

333

Mole

Inglês

9783319226439

15 a 20 dias

6679

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Preface.- Foreword by a Hubble servicing mission astronaut.- Glossary. - List of Illustrations.- List of tables.- Prologue.- Chapter 1: Servicing satellites - tools of the trade.- Chapter 2: Troubled times.- Chapter 3: Funding the plans and program.- Chapter 4: Simulating the servicing.- Chapter 5: STS-31 - The deployment mission.- Chapter 6: STS-61 - Service Mission 1 - back on track.- Chapter 7: Planning new science.- Chapter 8: STS-82 - Service Mission 2 - return to an old friend.- Chapter 9: STS-103 - Service Mission 3A - a mission split in two.- Chapter 10: STS-109 - Service Mission 3B - the other half.- Chapter 11: A fourth mission in doubt?.- Chapter 12: STS-125 - Service Mission 4 - a final farewell.- Chapter 13: The twilight years and beyond.- Chapter 14: NASA at its best.- Conclusion.- Appendices.- Appendix A: Hubble Service Mission data.- Appendix B: The 'Hubblenauts': servicing mission crew members.- Appendix C: Key personalities behind the scenes.- Appendix D: Aservicing chronology and timeline.- References.- Bibliography.- Index.
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American manned spaceflight;Hubble mission planning;Hubble space telescope;Robotic space operations;Satellite servicing technology;Space engineering;Space science operations;Space shuttle missions;Space telescope launch;Space walking