Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958-2000. Monograph in Aerospace History, No. 24, 2002 (NASA SP-2002-4524)

The Deep Space Chronicle provides a ready reference of deep space missions attempted since the opening of the space age in 1957 and documents the development, testing, and implementation of robotic spacecraft. Here are a few of its features: • A list of significant “firsts” takes readers from the American Able 1 lunar probe in August 1958, to the Russian Mars 2 spacecraft impact on Mars in November 1971, to the American Sojourner’s wheeled touchdown on Mars in 1997, to the American NEAR spacecraft orbit of Eros in February 2000. • A discussion, with results, of planet flybys introduces attempts on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. • A detailed bibliography is enclosed, and the author highly recommends Andrew Wilson’s Solar System Log for more details regarding particular missions. Front Cover Title Page Table of Contents Foreword Introduction Deep Space Chronicle: 1958–2000 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1981 1983 1984 1985 1988 1989 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Master Table of All Deep Space, Lunar, and Planetary Probes,1958–2000 Program Tables Appendices Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Bibliography About the Author The NASA History Series Index Back Cover Blank Page Blank Page