Mission to Pluto : the first visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt /
Carson, Mary Kay,
Mission to Pluto : the first visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt / First visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman. - 73 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm - Scientists in the field . - Scientists in the field. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A long-awaited encounter -- Mission brief: The journey to Pluto -- Plutonian dreams -- Mission brief: Pluto primer -- Built to go the distance -- Mission brief: The spacecraft -- Sprinting across the solar system -- Mission brief: Mini-moons -- Up close and personal -- Mission brief: Pluto encounter -- Meet the neighbors -- Mission brief: The Kuiper Belt.
"Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet, in the latest addition to the epic and authoritative Scientists in the Field series."--
Ages 10-12. Grades 4 to 6.
9780544416710 0544416716
2015037656
New Horizons (Spacecraft)--Juvenile literature.
Space flight--Juvenile literature.
Interplanetary voyages--Juvenile literature.
Pluto (Dwarf planet)--Juvenile literature.
Kuiper Belt--Juvenile literature.
Outer space--Exploration--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.
Mission to Pluto : the first visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt / First visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman. - 73 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm - Scientists in the field . - Scientists in the field. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A long-awaited encounter -- Mission brief: The journey to Pluto -- Plutonian dreams -- Mission brief: Pluto primer -- Built to go the distance -- Mission brief: The spacecraft -- Sprinting across the solar system -- Mission brief: Mini-moons -- Up close and personal -- Mission brief: Pluto encounter -- Meet the neighbors -- Mission brief: The Kuiper Belt.
"Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet, in the latest addition to the epic and authoritative Scientists in the Field series."--
Ages 10-12. Grades 4 to 6.
9780544416710 0544416716
2015037656
New Horizons (Spacecraft)--Juvenile literature.
Space flight--Juvenile literature.
Interplanetary voyages--Juvenile literature.
Pluto (Dwarf planet)--Juvenile literature.
Kuiper Belt--Juvenile literature.
Outer space--Exploration--Juvenile literature.
Illustrated works.