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2) Mars rovers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Mars rovers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Does life exist on Mars? The question has captivated humans for centuries, but today it has taken on new urgency. NASA plans to send astronauts to Mars orbit by the 2030s. SpaceX wants to go by 2024, while Mars One wants to land a permanent settlement there in 2032. As we gear up for missions like these, we have a responsibility to think deeply about what kinds of life may already inhabit the planet--and whether we have the right to invite ourselves...
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Buzz Aldrin speaks out as a vital advocate for the continuing quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the moon during mankind's first landing of Apollo 11-- and as an aerospace engineer who designed an orbital rendezvous technique critical to future planetary landings -- Aldrin has a vision, and in this book he plots out the path he proposes, taking humans to Mars by 2035.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA's most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet, illustrated with full-color photographs-a wondrous chronicle of unprecedented scientific discovery and the search for evidence of life on Mars"--
9) Mars
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents facts about the planet Mars, and discusses what it would be like to take a trip there.
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Sixteen million years ago, an asteroid crashing into Mars sent fragments flying into space and, eons later, one was pulled by the Earth's gravity onto the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where a geologist spotted it. In its new home at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the rock languished on a shelf for nine years. Then, in 1993, a geochemist unmasked the rock as a Martian meteorite. Before long, possible signs of once-living organisms were detected,...
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASAUs Mars Exploration Rover mission. He dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million payload. In "Roving Mars," Squyres shares a rare inside look at what it took for rovers Spirit and Opportunity to land on the red planet in January 2004Qand reveals what they found.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Discusses four key points in space exploration--the first sputnik satellites, the Apollo 11 moon landing, the Challenger disaster, and the Mars probes Spirit and Opportunity--and explains causes, immediate reactions, and ultimate results.