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Twenty years since the first edition was published in the German language, and just over fifty years since the launch of the Earth's first ever artificial satellite Sputnik 1, this third edition of the Handbook of Space Technology presents in fully integrated colour a detailed insight into the fascinating world of space for the first time in the English language.Authored by over 70 leading experts from universities, research institutions and the space industry, this comprehensive handbook describes the processes and methodologies behind the development, construction, operation and utilization of space systems, presenting the profound changes that have occurred in recent years in the engineering, materials, processes and even politics associated with space technologies and utilization. The individual chapters are self-contained, enabling the reader to gain a quick and reliable overview of a selected field; an extensive reference and keyword list helps those who wish to deepen their understanding of individual topics. Featuring superb, full colour illustrations and photography throughout, this interdisciplinary reference contains practical, hands-on engineering and planning information that will be invaluable to those on a career path within space technology, or simply for those of us who'd like to know more about this fascinating industry. [Publisher]

Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Astronautics --- Space sciences --- 629.78 --- Ruimteschip --- Astronautique --- Aéronautique --- Astrodynamique --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Astronomy --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Astrophysics --- Dynamics --- Aéronautique

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Comet nuclei are the most primitive bodies in the solar system. They have been created far away from the early Sun and it is supposed that their material has been altered the least since their formation. This volume presents the results of a scientific workshop on comet nuclei and is written by experts working on interstellar clouds, star-forming regions, the solar nebula, and comets. The articles formulate the current understanding and interconnectivity of the various source regions of comet nuclei and their associated compositions and orbital characteristics. This includes a discussion on the transport of materials into the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud regions of the solar system. The distinction between direct measurements of cometary material properties and properties derived from indirect means are emphasized with the aim to guide future investigations. This book serves as a guide for researchers and graduate students working in the field of planetology and solar system exploration. It should also help to influence the planning of scientific strategies for the encounter of the Rosetta spacecraft with Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko.

Comets --- Composition --- Geiss, Johannes. --- Geiss, J. --- Earth sciences. --- Planetology. --- Space sciences. --- Earth Sciences. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Near-Earth objects --- Astrophysics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science

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The second Addendum to the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, fifth edition, which is the IAU's official reference for the field, contains all newly published names from the period 2006-2008 as well as corrections and amendments to earlier editions. In total the Dictionary of Minor Planet Names now covers some 15000 named minor planets. It provides authoritative information about the basis for the rich and colorful variety of ingenious names, from heavenly goddesses to more prosaic constructions.

Asteroids --Dictionaries. --- Asteroids. --- Asteroids --- Astrophysics --- Astronomy - General --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Minor planets --- Planetoids --- Planets, Minor --- Physics. --- Geophysics. --- Observations, Astronomical. --- Astronomy --- Space sciences. --- Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Observations. --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Astronomical observations --- Observations, Astronomical --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Physics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Near-Earth objects

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Since the year 2000 the ESA Cluster mission has been investigating the small-scale structures and processes of the Earth's plasma environment, such as those involved in the interaction between the solar wind and the magnetospheric plasma, in global magnetotail dynamics, in cross-tail currents, and in the formation and dynamics of the neutral line and of plasmoids. This book contains presentations made at the 15th Cluster workshop held in March 2008. It also presents several articles about the Cluster Active Archive and its datasets, a few overview papers on the Cluster mission, and articles reporting on scientific findings on the solar wind, the magnetosheath, the magnetopause and the magnetotail.

Plasma turbulence --- Space plasmas --- Cluster Mission (Spacecraft) --- Physics. --- Geophysics. --- Space sciences. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Geophysics/Geodesy. --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Astronomy --- Geological physics --- Terrestrial physics --- Earth sciences --- Physics --- Natural philosophy --- Philosophy, Natural --- Physical sciences --- Dynamics --- Turbulent plasma --- Magnetohydrodynamics --- Plasma (Ionized gases) --- Turbulence --- Astrophysics. --- Physical geography. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Geography --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics

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The articles collected in this volume present all aspects of solar magnetism: from its origin in the solar dynamo to its evolution and dynamics that create the variability of solar phenomena, its well-known 11-year activity cycle that leads to the ever-changing pattern of sunspots and active regions on the Sun. Several contributions deal with the solar dynamo, the driver of many solar phenomena. Other contributions treat the transport and emergence of the magnetic flux through the outer layers of the Sun. The coupling of magnetic fields from the surface to the solar corona and beyond is also described, together with current studies on the predictability of solar activity. This book is aimed at researchers and graduate students working in solar physics and space science. It provides a full review of our current understanding of solar magnetism by the foremost experts in the field.

Helioseismology. --- Planetology. --- Solar magnetic fields. --- Solar magnetic fields --- Planetary science --- Helioseismology --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astrophysics --- Stars --- Magnetic fields. --- Magnetism, Stellar --- Stellar magnetic fields --- Stellar magnetism --- Heliomagnetism --- Magnetism, Solar --- Solar magnetic field --- Solar magnetism --- Physics. --- Space sciences. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Cosmic magnetic fields --- Magnetic fields --- Astrophysics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science