Mars rover : how a self-portrait captured the power of Curiosity / by Danielle Smith-Llera.
Material type: TextSeries: Captured history. Science.Publisher: North Mankato, Minnesota : Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint, [2017]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780756556419 (library binding)
- 0756556414 (library binding)
- 9780756556457 (pbk.)
- 0756556457 (pbk.)
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 523.43 S654 | Available | 33111008854990 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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?
Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.
Chapter one: Seven terrifying minutes -- Chapter two: Follow the water -- Chapter three: Racing toward the prize -- Chapter four: The hunt for signs of life.
Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
RL: 5-7 ; IL: 5-9.
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?