Cassini at Saturn

Cassini At Saturn -- Huygens Results brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Cassini entered orbit around Saturn June 2004 so this update includes 8 months of scientific data available for review, including the most spectacular images of Saturn, its rings and satellites ever obtained by a space mission. As the Cassini spacecraft approached its destination in spring 2004, the quality of the images already being returned by the spacecraft clearly demonstrated the spectacular nature of the close-range views that will be obtained. The book contains a 16-page colour section, comprising a carefully chosen selection of the most stunning images to be released during the spacecraft's initial period of operation. The Huygens craft, released by Cassini, parachuted through the clouds of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, in January 2005. David Harland tells the exciting story of the this craft's journey to the surface of one of the most enigmatic bodies on the Solar System, the only moon to have a dense atmosphere and possibly lakes of liquid gas at -190A C on its surface. Titan is considered to be an early Earth in deep freeze, possibly with the building blocks of life in its atmosphere. There will undoubtedly be enormous interest in the first results and images of Titan's surface, and this book is the first incisive summary of this groundbreaking material.

ISBN 038726129X   Pages 435 ISBN13 9780387261294 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Springer-Verlag New York Inc.   Weight (grammes) 772 Imprint Springer-Verlag New York Inc.   Published in New York, NY Format Paperback   Series title Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration Publication date 16 Feb 2007   Height (mm) 170 Library of Congress QB   Width (mm) 240 DEWEY 523.46   Spine width (mm) 24 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Professional / Scholarly

1		Saturn from afar		1
2		First close look		41
3		Saturn revealed		67
4		The Titans		143
5		Cassini-Huygens		173

Aus den Rezensionen: "! Das Werk von David M. Harland, der fur seine prazisen und detaillierten Beschreibungen von bemannten und unbemannten Raumfahrtprojekten bekannt ist, erzahlt die Geschichte der Saturnforschung. ! Eine ausfuhrliche Bibliographie, Tabellen und eine Liste weiterfuhrender Literatur runden das Werk ab. ! Das Buch ist flussig und leichtverstandlich geschrieben und erlaubt einen detaillierten Einblick in die Geschichte der Saturnforschung. ! das Buch ! gibt dem Leser eine gute Einfuhrung in die Geschichte der Saturnforschung. Fur Fans der Planetenforschung ist es ein Muss." (TILMANN ALTHAUS, in: Sterne und Weltraum, 2007, Issue 8, S. 104 f.)

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