The MESSENGER Mission to Mercury

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 spa...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Collectivité auteur: SpringerLink (Online service)
Autres auteurs: Domingue, D.L (Éditeur intellectuel), Russell, C.T (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Édition:1st ed. 2007.
Sujets:
Solar system.
Planetary science.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Space Physics.
Planetary Science.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
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Table des matières:
  • MESSENGER Mission Overview
  • The Geology of Mercury: The View Prior to the MESSENGER Mission
  • MESSENGER and the Chemistry of Mercury's Surface
  • The Geophysics of Mercury: Current Status and Anticipated Insights from the MESSENGER Mission
  • MESSENGER: Exploring Mercury's Magnetosphere
  • Mercury's Atmosphere: A Surface-Bounded Exosphere
  • The MESSENGER Spacecraft
  • MESSENGER Mission Design and Navigation
  • The Mercury Dual Imaging System on the MESSENGER Spacecraft
  • The MESSENGER Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer
  • The X-ray Spectrometer on the MESSENGER Spacecraft
  • The Magnetometer Instrument on MESSENGER
  • The Mercury Laser Altimeter Instrument for the MESSENGER Mission
  • The Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer for the MESSENGER Mission
  • The Energetic Particle and Plasma Spectrometer Instrument on the MESSENGER Spacecraft
  • The Radio Frequency Subsystem and Radio Science on the MESSENGER Mission
  • Launch and Early Operation of the MESSENGER Mission
  • The MESSENGER Science Operations Center
  • The MESSENGER Science Operations Center.

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