TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith-Llera,Danielle
TI  - Mars rover: how a self-portrait captured the power of Curiosity 
T2  - Captured Science History
SN  - 9780756556419 (library binding)
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - North Mankato, Minnesota
PB  - Compass Point Books, a Capstone imprint
KW  - Roving vehicles (Astronautics)
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Mars (Planet)
KW  - Exploration
KW  - Illustrated works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - 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
N2  - 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?
ER  -