Title:
Journey to Mars
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Summary:
Introduces students to the technology that has been used to study Mars, describing the different types of probes, landers, and orbiters that have been used to explore the planet and learn more about its makeup.
Year Published:
2010
Series:
Physical Description:
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents:
The fourth planet -- Where is Mars (chart of planet orbits) -- Mars facts (no pic) -- Mariners to the red planet -- Vikings to Mars -- What we learned -- The face on Mars -- Better, cheaper (FBC orbiters) -- Super-volcanoes -- Canyon lands -- River beds -- Dust storms -- Pathfinders -- Opportunity and spirit (spacecraft) -- Following the water -- Bedrock -- Dust jets -- Mars has-- -- Homesteads on the red planet -- Missions to Mars : the pace log -- What we have learned.
Grade Interest level:
3-6
Subject:
Added Author:
ISBN:
9781605960302
Publisher:
New York : Weigl Publishers, c2010.
