Journey to Mars

Titre
Journey to Mars

David, Baker

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2010

Exploring space.

Description matérielle
32 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm.

Table des matières
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.

Terme de vedette-matière
Planets -- Exploration -- Fiction.

Terme géographique
Mars (Planet).
 
Mars (Planet) -- Geology.
 
Mars (Planet) -- Juvenile literature.
 
Mars (Planet) -- Geology -- Juvenile literature.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Kissock, Heather.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781605960302

Informations de publication
New York : Weigl Publishers, c2010.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Johnny Bright523.43 BAKBook31455000029107Non-Fiction