The Cassini-Huygens Visit to Saturn An Historic Mission to the Ringed Planet /

• Main Author: Meltzer, Michael (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

Cassini-Huygens was the most ambitious and successful space journey ever launched to the outer Solar System. This book examines all aspects of the journey: its conception and planning; the lengthy political processes needed to make it a reality; the engineering and development required to build the...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Creating a New Expedition to Saturn
• Conceiving and Funding the Mission
• Building an International Partnership and Preventing Mission Cancellation
• Part II: Designing, Fabricating, and Integrating the Cassini-Huygens Space Vessel
• Constructing the Cassini Orbiter
• The Titan Huygens Probe
• Integrating the Cassini Orbiter, Huygens Probe, and Titan/Centaur Launch Vehicle
• Using Plutonium to Run a Spacecraft
• Part III: From Earth to Saturn
• The Interplanetary Journey
• How a Few People Can Make a Big Difference: The Doppler Shift Problem That Nearly Ended the Huygens Mission
• The Huygens Titan Probe Mission
• The Saturn Tour: Decision-Making Processes, Trajectory Design, and Changes of Management
• Part IV: A Great Natural Laboratory
• The Mother Planet and its Magnetosphere
• The Ring System
• The Icy Moons
• Titan Observations by the Cassini Orbiter
• Conclusions
• Appendix: Breakdown of Mission Costs.