Saturn: A New View.SATURN: A New View LAURA Laura, subject of the love poems of Petrarch. She is thought to be Laura de Noves (1308?–1348), wife of Hugo de Sade, but this has not been proved. Laura Petrarch’s perpetual, unattainable love. [Ital. Lit. LOVETT, JOAN HORVATH, AND JEFF Jeff boob who usually bungles Mutt’s schemes. [Comics: Berger, 48] See : Dimwittedness CUZZI Since its discovery, Saturn, with its majestic rings, has captured humankind's imagination. Its beauty inspired researchers at the Jet Propulsion jet propulsion, propulsion of a body by a force developed in reaction to the ejection of a high-speed jet of gas. Jet Propulsion Engines The four basic parts of a jet engine are the compressor, turbine, combustion chamber, and propelling nozzles. Lab in Pasadena, Calif., to plan a mission to get an up close view. That mission resulted in the spacecraft known as Cassini, which carried a probe called Huygens that was developed by the European Space Agency European Space Agency (ESA), multinational agency dedicated to the promotion, for exclusively peaceful purposes, of cooperation among European states in space research and technology. . This book provides large, detailed images from those spacecraft. Lovett is a publisher with a background in space-related projects, and Horvath and Cuzzi are researchers who worked on the Cassini-Huygens mission. The authors tell the history of the mission, describe various onboard instruments, and include personal stories of some of the key players in the mission. They also provide information on Saturn and its many moons, including its largest, Titan, on which the Huygens probe The Huygens probe, supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA) and named after the Dutch 17th century astronomer Christiaan Huygens, is an atmospheric entry probe and lander carried to Saturn's moon Titan as part of the Cassini-Huygens mission. landed in 2005. Abrams, 2006, 191 p., b&w and color photos, hardcover, $40.00. |
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