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BL
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1021186
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b775556
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| Main Entry
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Harvey, Brian,1953-
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| Title & Author
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Space exploration 2007 /\ Brian Harvey.
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| Publication Statement
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Berlin :: Springer ;Chichester :: Praxis Pub.,, ©2007.
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| Series Statement
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Springer Praxis Books
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (ix, 161 pages) :: illustrations, portraits
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| ISBN
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0387333304
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: 0387487581
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: 9780387333304
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: 9780387487588
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| Notes
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Popular treatment.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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The Epic Journey Begins ... -- Building the International Space Station -- Arrival of the Red Planet -- Looking at Mercury ... -- Visiting Venus ... -- Europa's Ice Next ... -- Exploring the Ringed Planet -- Secrets of a Cloudy Moon ... -- Catching Fragments of Our Past ... -- A vision for Space Exploration ... -- ... Continuing a vision for Space Exploration -- Soyuz in the Jungle -- Return to the Moon -- In the footsteps of Soyuz.
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| Abstract
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Annotation This book provides an annual update on recent space launches, missions and results. The annual, written for both young and older space enthusiasts, provides a regular, balanced review of all the world's major space programmes. It covers space exploration from a variety of angles: looking back at past missions, reviewing those currently under way and looking to those planned for the future. The ten invited contributions each year will cover a variety of topics within these areas. The book is for space enthusiasts from teens upwards through to professionals working in the worldwide space industry and journalists covering space issues.
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Astronautics.
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Space sciences.
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Astronautique.
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Sciences spatiales.
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Astronautics.
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Astronomie.
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Exploration of outer space.
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Sciences humaines.
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Sciences sociales.
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Space sciences.
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Astronautics.
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Space sciences.
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Outer space, Exploration.
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Espace extra-atmosphérique, Exploration.
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Outer space, Exploration.
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Outer space.
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| Dewey Classification
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629.4
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| LC Classification
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TL790.H37 2007eb
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| NLM classification
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V11clc
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