"Dreams of Other Worlds" describes the unmanned space missions
that have opened new windows on distant worlds. Spanning four
decades of dramatic advances in astronomy and planetary science,
this book tells the story of eleven iconic exploratory missions and
how they have fundamentally transformed our scientific and cultural
perspectives on the universe and our place in it.
The journey begins with the Viking and Mars Exploration Rover
missions to Mars, which paint a startling picture of a planet at
the cusp of habitability. It then moves into the realm of the gas
giants with the Voyager probes and Cassini's ongoing exploration of
the moons of Saturn. The Stardust probe's dramatic round-trip
encounter with a comet is brought vividly to life, as are the SOHO
and Hipparcos missions to study the Sun and Milky Way. This
stunningly illustrated book also explores how our view of the
universe has been brought into sharp focus by NASA's great
observatories--Spitzer, Chandra, and Hubble--and how the WMAP
mission has provided rare glimpses of the dawn of creation.
"Dreams of Other Worlds" reveals how these unmanned exploratory
missions have redefined what it means to be the temporary tenants
of a small planet in a vast cosmos.
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