New cosmic horizons : space astronomy from the V2 to the Hubble Space Telescope
Solar Max -- The solar constant -- Yohkoh -- Ulysses -- SOHO -- Summary -- [Early spacecraft observations of non-solar system sources] Introduction -- Explorer 11 and gamma rays -- Orbiting astronomical observations and ultraviolet observations -- X-rays -- Pulsars -- Uhuru -- Copernicus -- The European dimension -- TD-1 -- Dwarf Novae -- ANS -- Ariel 5 -- AM Herculis-The first polar -- Gamma-rays -- Summary -- Programmatics -- HEAO-1 -- HEAO-2 or the Einstein Observatory -- SS 433 -- HEAO-3 -- Summary -- The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) -- The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) -- Exosat -- Summary -- COBE -- Supernova 1987A -- Rosat -- The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory -- Geminga -- Gamma ray bursts -- The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer -- The Infrared Space Observatory -- [The Hubble Space Telescope] Pre-launch history -- The spacecraft and its instruments -- Launch and post-launch checkout -- Scientific results - The first three years -- Hardware problems and the first servicing mission -- The second three years -- Concluding remarks
Print Book, English, 2000
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 2000