Traces the development of space travel. Explains the importance of radar and radio astronomy in arriving at the conclusion about the activity of the Sun, its planets and some of the minor members of the solar system. considers them within the milieu of interplanetary space, a region now recognised to be an environment suffused with ionizing radiations, magnetic forces, gravitational influences, cosmic rays and the solar wind.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321791
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Radar
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Astronomy
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Cosmic rays
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Outer space - Exploration
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Radar
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Solar system
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)