The Messenger Mission to Mercury

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Domingue, D. L. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Russell, C. T. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Planetology.; Space sciences.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

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 space en...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.