Mars Rover
How a Self-Portrait Captured the Power of Curiosity
Published on 8. January 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-0-7565-5645-7 (ISBN)
Description
Weighing as much as a small car, a rover named Curiosity rolls quietly around Mars. Scientific instruments pack its body and cluster at the end of a mechanical arm. An arrangement of lenses and instruments tops its mast, like a face. To the many NASA workers involved in Curiosity s mission on Mars, the rover is not simply a robot, but an astronaut bravely exploring an alien place. Curiosity s instruments collect data and its cameras take images of the Mars landscape, including self-portraits, in vivid color and detail. As it roams and explores, Curiosity will help find the answers to such age-old questions as has there ever been life on Mars? Could there be one day?
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Minneapolis
United States
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: Kindergarten, Reading Age: From 10 to 12 years, Interest Age: From 10 to 12 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 262 mm
Width: 230 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7565-5645-7 (9780756556457)
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Danielle Smith-Llera grew up in coastal Virginia, hearing unforgettable tales about her Mexican and Irish ancestors. She first moved overseas to teach in international schools in Hungary and Brazil. Life in the U.S. Foreign Service has taken her around the world to live in India, Jamaica, Romania, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Washington, DC. She loves sharing stories--fiction, nonfiction, and a mixture of both--in classrooms, museum exhibits, and, of course, books.