{"product_id":"the-interstellar-age-the-story-of-the-nasa-men-and-women-who-flew-the-forty-year-voyager-mission-9781101983898","title":"The Interstellar Age: The Story of the NASA Men and Women Who Flew the Forty-Year Voyager Mission","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of the men and women who drove NASA's \u003ci\u003eVoyager\u003c\/i\u003e spacecraft mission--the farthest-flung emissaries of planet Earth--told by a scientist who was there from the beginning.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eVoyager 1 \u003c\/i\u003eleft our solar system in 2012; its sister craft, \u003ci\u003eVoyager 2\u003c\/i\u003e, did so in 2018. The fantastic journey began in 1977, before the first episode of \u003ci\u003eCosmos\u003c\/i\u003e aired. The mission was planned as a grand tour beyond the moon; beyond Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune; and maybe even into interstellar space. The fact that it actually happened makes this humanity's greatest space mission. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Interstellar Age\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning planetary scientist Jim Bell reveals what drove and continues to drive the members of this extraordinary team, including Ed Stone, \u003ci\u003eVoyager\u003c\/i\u003e's chief scientist and the one-time head of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab; Charley Kohlhase, an orbital dynamics engineer who helped to design many of the critical slingshot maneuvers around planets that enabled the \u003ci\u003eVoyagers\u003c\/i\u003e to travel so far; and the geologist whose Earth-bound experience would prove of little help in interpreting the strange new landscapes revealed in the \u003ci\u003eVoyagers\u003c\/i\u003e' astoundingly clear images of moons and planets. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Speeding through space at a mind-bending eleven miles a second, \u003ci\u003eVoyager 1 \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eVoyager 2 \u003c\/i\u003eare now beyond our solar system's planets, the first man-made objects to go interstellar. By the time\u003ci\u003e Voyager\u003c\/i\u003e passes its first star in about 40,000 years, the gold record on the spacecraft, containing various music and images including Chuck Berry's \"Johnny B. Goode,\" will still be playable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*An ALA Notable Book of 2015*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Bell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dutton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/19\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.7lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101983898","brand":"Dutton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45109314158729,"sku":"9781101983898","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_664ba9f3-e06e-4602-9628-90a7624b45b3.jpg?v=1767074168","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-interstellar-age-the-story-of-the-nasa-men-and-women-who-flew-the-forty-year-voyager-mission-9781101983898","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}