Robot Spacecraft

by: JOSEPH A. ANGELO, JR.

Modern space robots are sophisticated machines that have visited all
the major worlds of the solar system, including (soon) tiny Pluto.
Robot Spacecraft examines the evolution of these fascinating, far-traveling
spacecraft—from the relatively unsophisticated planetary probes flown at
the dawn of the Space Age to the incredibly powerful exploring machines
that now allow scientists to conduct detailed, firsthand investigations of
alien worlds within this solar system. Emerging out of the space race of
the cold war, modern robot spacecraft have dramatically changed what we
know about the solar system.