Mission to Jupiter
Subtitle: a history of the Galileo Project
By: by Michael Meltzer
Series: NASA SP -- 2007-4231; NASA SP (Series)
Publisher: NASA History Division
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 318
Subjects: Jupiter probes; Space flight to Jupiter; Exploration; GALILEO SPACECRAFT; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; United States; Galileo Project
Other titles: A history of the Galileo Project; History of the Galileo Project; Galileo mission to Jupiter
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Meeting the Grand Challenge; title: Chapter 1: The Importance of the Galileo Project; title: Chapter 2: From Conception to Congressional Approval; title: Chapter 3: The Struggle To Launch Galileo: Technical Difficulties and Political Opposition; title: Chapter 4: The Challenger Accident and Its Impact on the Galileo Mission; title: Chapter 5: The Galileo Spacecraft; title: Chapter 6: Galileo Deployment, the Inner Solar System Tour, and the Asteroid Belt; title: Chapter 7: The High-Gain Antenna Failure: A Disappointment and a Challenge; title: Chapter 8: Jupiter Approach and Arrival; title: Chapter 9: The Orbiter Tour; title: Chapter 10: Profiles of Selected People Important to the Mission; title: Chapter 11: Conclusion.