NASA's Discovery Program : the first twenty years of competitive planetary exploration / by Susan M. Niebur with David W. Brown (editor).

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Niebur, Susan M., 1973-2012, author.

Contributor:

Brown, David W., editor.

United States. NASA History Division, issuing body.

Series:

NASA SP (Series) ; 2023-4238.

NASA history series

NASA SP ; 2023-4238

The NASA history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discovery Program (U.S.).

Planets.

Planetary scientists--United States.

Planetary scientists.

Astronomy--Observations.

Astronomy.

Outer space--Exploration.

Outer space.

Exploration of outer space.

United States.

Genre:

Observations

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 426 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).

Other Title:

First twenty years of competitive planetary exploration

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, NASA History Division, 2023.

Summary:

"Started in the early 1990s to provide opportunities for small, relatively simple planetary science missions, NASA's Discovery Program has funded a series of focused and innovative missions to investigate the planets and small bodies of our solar system. This book draws on interviews with program managers, engineers, and scientists and takes an in-depth look at the management techniques they used to design creative and cost-effective spacecraft that continue to yield valuable scientific data"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 393-395).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (NASA website, viewed Mar. 28, 2024).

Other Format:

Print version: Niebur, Susan M., 1973-2012. NASA's Discovery Program.

ISBN:

9781626830776

1626830770

OCLC:

1386704540