Title New Horizons : Reconnaissance of the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper Belt Author(s) Russell, C.T Publication New York, NY, Springer New York, 2009. Description IV, 402 p : online resource Abstract Note The New Horizons mission provides the first in situ reconnaissance of the Pluto-Charon System and the Kuiper belt, arguably the last frontier of solar system exploration. This book describes the mission, its objectives, expected results, and instruments in articles written by the scientists and engineers most closely involved. The New Horizons mission is expected to return unique observations and discoveries, which will revolutionize our understanding of the formation of the solar system. This volume is aimed at researchers and graduate students active in planetary science and space exploration, and all other potential users of data obtained by the instruments on board the New Horizons mission ISBN,Price 9780387895185 Keyword(s) 1. Aerospace engineering 2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics 3. ASTRONAUTICS 4. ASTRONOMY 5. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology 6. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques 7. Astronomy???Observations 8. ASTROPHYSICS 9. EBOOK 10. EBOOK - SPRINGER 11. Observations, Astronomical 12. PLANETOLOGY 13. SPACE SCIENCES 14. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I05513     On Shelf