The Navigators: A History of NASA's Deep-Space Navigation

by Andrew J. Butrica

This is the story behind NASA's successful exploration of the solar system. For a half century, NASA has sent one probe after another into space, achieving scientific and technological successes along the way and adding to humanity's knowledge of the solar system. NASA has reaped these great rewards thanks to a small investment in deep-space navigation. With rare exceptions, navigation's great achievements-and scientific accomplishments-have gone...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1492777838
• ISBN13: 9781492777830
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"