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The Cosmos is a vast and fascinating subject. From the creation of the Solar System to the Moon landings, from the chances of life on other planets to how stars shine, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space & Space Exploration investigates the Cosmos and humankind's efforts to understand it. Every spread is filled with artworks and photographs, data tables and explanations of the workings of the stars and planets, moons, astronauts, rockets and satellites. Did you know that:The Sun is our nearest star but it takes eight minutes for its light to reach us - we see the Sun as it was eight minutes ago. Alexei Leonov, the first astronaut to walk in Space, carried a suicide pill in case he was abandoned. Astronomers use gravity to measure the weight of stars - the pull of one star on another tells us how much mass must be doing the pulling. The book covers a wide range of topics, from the effects of the Moon on the Earth's tides to exploring the most distant stars, from the Great Bear to a white dwarf to the first dog in space, from the creation of the Cosmos to the politics of the Space Race to the journeys of the latest probes.Accessibly written for the general reader and including more than 2000 colour photographs and artworks, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Space & Space Exploration will inspire and educate anyone interested in finding out more about the Universe.
Contents
THE SOLAR SYSTEMINTRODUCTIONINTRODUCING THE SOLAR SYSTEMOverview of the Solar System Scale of Solar Planetary OrbitsBirth of the Inner PlanetsBirth of the Gas GiantsOrigins of Atmosphere Impacts in the Solar System Planetary RingsWater in the Solar SystemThe Future of the Solar SystemTHE SUNThe SunRotation of the Sun Solar Eclipses SunspotsSolar FlaresThe Solar Cycle Solar WindThe HeliosphereTHE EARTHEarthEarth's Interior Earth's Impact CratersEarth's Tides The AuroraeEARTH'S MOONThe MoonPhases of the Moon Geology of the Moon Seas of the Moon Highlands of the Moon Craters of the Moon Far Side of the Moon Formation of the Moon Water on the MoonTHE OTHER PLANETS MercuryVenusThe Surface of Venus Geology of Venus Atmosphere of Venus The Surface of Mars Geology of MarsValles MarinersVolcanoes of Mars Polar Caps of Mars Martian Atmosphere Water On MarsLife On MarsJupiterJupiter's AtmosphereJupiter's Moon System SaturnSaturn's Atmosphere Saturn's Rings Saturn's Moons UranusUranus' Atmosphere Rings of Uranus NeptuneNeptune's Atmosphere Neptune's Rings TritonPluto and Charon Beyond PlutoAsteroid BeltKiller AsteroidsCometsCometary Nuclei Comets in History MeteorsMeteor Streams MeteoritesTHE NIGHT SKYINTRODUCTIONStar AtlasesStar PositionsMagnitude ScaleStar Atlas 1Star Atlas 2Star Atlas 3Star Atlas 4Star Atlas 5Star Atlas 6STUDYING THE STARS Messages In Starlight Classifying StarsThe Color of StarsStar Distances Weighing StarsSTELLAR LIFECYCLES Birth of a StarProtostarsBrown DwarfsThe Main Sequence How Stars Shine Extrasolar PlanetsRed GiantsBlue Supergiants Planetary Nebulae White and Black Dwarfs SupernovaSupernova Remnants Neutron StarsPulsarsBlack HolesOUR GALAXY Star Clusters Globular Clusters Interstellar Matter Milky WayCenter of the GalaxyBEYOND THE MILKY WAY Classifying Galaxies Magellanic Clouds Andromeda GalaxyWhirlpool Galaxy Spiral Galaxies Elliptical Galaxies Irregular Galaxies Dwarf Galaxies Galaxy Collisions Active Galaxies QuasarsIntergalactic Medium Galaxy ClustersScales of the UniverseFour ForcesEnergy and MatterThe Elements Electromagnetic Radiation Quantum TheorySpecial RelativityGeneral RelativityGravity and the Universe Dark MatterExpanding UniverseCOSMIC HISTORY The Big BangEarly Universe Inflation Nucleosynthesis Birth of GalaxiesThe First StarsDeath of the UniversePanspermia TheoryThe Drake EquationSETIFirst ContactSPACE MISSIONSINTRODUCTIONSputnikAnimals in Space Explorer 1Mercury CraftMercury: The Right Stuff Vostok MissionsGemini 1 & 2Voskhod 1Leonov - First Spacewalk Gemini 8-12THE PIONEERS Yuri GargarinGus GrissomJohn GlennValentina Tereshkova James LovellNeil Armstrong Buzz AldrinROCKETS AND LAUNCHERS From V-2 to Explorer 1Mercury RedstoneSoviet N-1Saturn SeriesSaturn 5Soyuz SeriesArianeChinese Launchers Commercial Launch VehiclesSpaceShipOneSATELLITESLaunching Satellites into Orbit Unmanned SputniksTelstar 1Direct Broadcast Satellites Early Warning SatellitesSpy SatellitesScientific SatellitesWeather SatellitesInfrared SatellitesX-Ray SatellitesRemote SensingSatellites & Mobile Phones Hubble TelescopeInside HubblePSLVSHUTTLES AND STATIONS Salyuts 1-5Salyuts 6 & 7Soyuz II DisasterSkylabColumbia's First Flight SpacelabFlying the ShuttleShuttle ReentryShuttle LandingChallenger DisasterMirShuttle and Mir Linkup Mir: Cooperation and Crisis Building the ISS International Space Station H-IIB and Falcon Tiangong-1 and Shenzou-9 Columbia disasterFinal Shuttle MissionsTO THE MOONSoviet Lunar Program Luna 1, 2 and 3Luna 10-12Ranger & Surveyor Apollo Test Flights Apollo 1 DisasterApollo Command Module Apollo Lunar Module Apollo 8Apollo 11 Apollo 13 Apollo 14 Lunar RoversMARS AND VENUS Venera 1-3Mariner to Mars Venera 9 & 10 Viking to MarsMars Global SurveyorPathfinder to MarsMars Rovers Opportunity + Spirit Mars OrbitersCuriosityMA VENEXPLORING FURTHER Pioneer Moon/Sun Missions Pioneer 10 & 11Voyager MissionsVega 1 and 2GiottoDeep Space 1Cassini HuygensLost ProbesHerschel Space Observatory New HorizonsIndex
