Documents the challenges and the social, political, and economic factors involved in the planning and technological achievement of the Mariner 10 mission, and features more than one hundred high-resolution photographs of the surface of Mercury

Flight to Mercury

Engineering & Transportation

Burgess, Eric

Murray, Bruce

Transportation

Columbia University Press

An account of the 1976 Viking expedition to Mars describes the spacecraft and its instruments, the journey itself, and the mission's results

To the Red Planet

Traces the history of scientific research on the planet Jupiter from the observations of Galileo to the explorations of the Pioneer and Voyager space probes

By Jupiter

Science & Math

Astronomy & Space Science

Summarizes current knowledge of the planet Venus, describes the Venera and Pioneer space programs, and traces the history of the astronomical observation of Venus

Venus: An Errant Twin

Columbia Univ. Pr.

Describes what Voyager 2 has revealed about the planets Uranus and Neptunes, speculates on what we will learn about Pluto, and looks at the theory of a tenth planet

Uranus and Neptune: The Distant Giants

Offers a wide-ranging discussion of the fourth planet, examining the place of Mars in mythology and fiction, the science of the planet, and plans for future exploration

Return To the Red Planet

Highlights the twelve-year odyssey of the Voyager spacecraft, and discusses the new findings about Neptune: its atmosphere, satellites, gravitational field, and other surprises, with more than thirty-five photographs from NASA.

Far Encounter: The Neptune System

A powerful affirmation of the necessity and importance of a wide-ranging American space program that can develop lunar outposts and, ultimately, permanently staffed, self-sufficient bases on the Moon.

Outpost on Apollo's Moon

Celestial Basic: Astronomy on Your Computer

Sybex, Inc.

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Pioneer Venus: A Planet Unveiled

Fimmel, Richard O.

Colin, Lawrence

N. A. S. A. Ames Research Center

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