Exploring the Solar System - Hardcover

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Exploring the Solar System chronicles more than three decades of planetary exploration, revealing the solar system in all its colorful glory. Robotic explorers on missions deep into space and new techniques of image processing have provided us with remarkably realistic views of planetary surfaces and have led to the visual bounty seen in this book. More than 200 of the finest full-color pictures from the missions of NASA--including the latest discoveries from the Hubble Space Telescope--and the space agencies of Europe, Russia, and Japan show us the planets, moons, comets and asteroids, and the mighty Sun itself. The book describes and explains the important advances that planetary scientists have made in the course of space exploration, including recent discoveries about the Earth through satellite imaging. It also tells the story, rich in drama and surprises, of the ingenuity and indomitable pioneering spirit that have enabled scientists to reach out and explore the farthest reaches of the solar system.

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