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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-276) and index.
Contents:
- 1. From Petroglyphs to the Spitzer Space Telescope
- From Petroglyphs to The Almagest
- Modern Constellations
- Astrometry and the Hipparcos Spacecraft
- Galileo Galilei and Telescopic Astronomy
- Supernovas
- Balloons and Sounding Rockets Lead the Way into Space
- Electromagnetic Spectrum
- Lyman Spitzer Jr. and the Vision of Space-Based Astronomy
- NASA's: Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
- Robot Spacecraft in Service to Astronomy
- 2. High-Energy Astrophysics: Meeting the Universe Face-to-Face
- Elementary Particles-It Is a Truly Small, Small World
- Fundamental Forces in Nature
- Sir Isaac Newton-The World's First Astrophysicist
- NASA's High-Energy Astronomy Observatory
- Role of Modern Astrophysics
- NASA's Copernicus Spacecraft
- 3. A Revolution in Planetary Astronomy
- A Golden Age of Solar System Exploration
- Venera Probes and Spacecraft
- The New Wave of Planetary Exploration
- Galileo Mission
- Cassini/Huygens Spacecraft
- Mars Exploration Rover Mission
- Exploring Small Bodies in the Solar System
- Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous Mission
- Giotto Mission
- Stardust Mission
- Deep Impact Mission
- New Horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Flyby Mission
- 4. Optical Astronomy and the Hubble Space Telescope
- Anders Angstrom
- Stars and Their Life Cycles
- Betelgeuse
- Henry Norris Russell and the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
- The Hubble Space Telescope
- Edwin Powell Hubble
- 5. Gamma-ray Astronomy and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- Gamma-ray Bursts
- NASA's Compton Gamma Ray Observatory
- Arthur Holly Compton
- Cosmic Ray Satellite (COS-B)
- Swift Spacecraft
- 6. X-ray Astronomy and the Chandra X-ray Observatory
- X-ray Burster
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- NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory
- Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (aka: Chandra)
- NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer
- NASA's Planned Constellation X-ray Observatory
- 7. Infrared Astronomy and the Spitzer Space Telescope
- The Spitzer Space Telescope
- NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
- 8. Ultraviolet Astronomy and the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
- International Ultraviolet Explorer
- Supernova 1987 A
- Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
- Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer
- NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer
- Active Galaxies
- 9. A Visit to the Nearest Star: Space-Based Solar Physics
- The Sun: Humans' Parent Star
- Skylab
- Yohkoh Spacecraft
- Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
- Ulysses Mission
- Star Probe Mission
- 10. The Moon as a Platform for Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Lunar-Base Scenarios and Concepts
- The Moon
- Lunar Farside Radio Astronomy and Other Potential Astronomical Facilities
- Orbiting Quarantine Facility
- 11. Searching for Extrasolar Planets, Brown Dwarfs, and Dark Matter
- Extrasolar Planets
- Earth-like Planet
- Transit (Planetary)
- Brown Dwarfs
- Dark Matter
- 12. Wrinkles in the Cosmic Microwave Background
- Early Cosmologies
- The Copernican Revolution
- Big Bang Cosmology
- Cosmological Principle
- Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
- Cosmology in the 21st Century
- The Fate of the Universe
- Dark Energy
- Consciousness and the Universe
- Gravitation
- Black Holes
- 13. Conclusion.
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