Journey to Mars

Título
Journey to Mars

David, Baker

Resumen
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.

Fecha de publicación como intervalo
2010

Exploring space.

Descripción física
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Contenido
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.

Término de la materia
Planets -- Exploration -- Fiction.

Término geográfico
Mars (Planet).
 
Mars (Planet) -- Geology.
 
Mars (Planet) -- Juvenile literature.
 
Mars (Planet) -- Geology -- Juvenile literature.

Autor añadido
Kissock, Heather.

Síntesis
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.

ISBN
9781605960302

Información de publicación
New York : Weigl Publishers, c2010.


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