Introduction to Space Science

New York: Gordon and Breach, Science Publishers, 1968. 2nd Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. xviii, 1056 p. Illustrations. Diagrams. Maps. Author Index. Subject Index. Name of previous owner present. Stamped and labeled "Professional Edition." DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. Some pencil marks noted., This was written by the Staff of the Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, Maryland. Space science study of everything in outer space. This has sometimes been called astronomy, but recently astronomy has come to be regarded as a division of broader space science, which has grown to include other related fields, such as studying issues related to space travel and space exploration (including space medicine), space archaeology and science performed in outer space. to: navigation, search Space research is scientific studies carried out using scientific equipment in outer space. It includes the use of space technology for a broad spectrum of research disciplines, including Earth science, materials science, biology, medicine, and physics. The term includes scientific payloads everywhere from deep space to low Earth orbit, and is frequently defined to include research in the upper atmosphere using sounding rockets and high-altitude balloons. Space science and space exploration involve the study of outer space itself, which is only part of the broader field of space research. Condition: Good / fair.

Keywords: NASA, Ionosphere, Radiation Belt, Meteorology, Solar Wind, Magnetosphere, Cosmic Rays, Orbital Mechanics, Manned Space Flight, Vostok, Voskhod, Space Astronomy, Extragalectic, Nucleosynthesis

ISBN: 9780677014500

[Book #71396]

Price: $85.00

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