Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet
| AUTHOR | Squyres, Steven |
| PUBLISHER | Grand Central Publishing (05/09/2006) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
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Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million payload. He has gained a rare inside look at what it took for rovers Spirit and Opportunity to land on the red planet in January 2004--and knows firsthand their findings.
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ISBN-13:
9781401308513
ISBN-10:
1401308511
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
432
Carton Quantity:
14
Product Dimensions:
6.46 x 1.05 x 8.84 inches
Weight:
1.27 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Index,
Price on Product,
Table of Contents,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Science | Space Science - Astronomy
Grade Level:
College Freshman
and up
Dewey Decimal:
629.435
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Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million payload. He has gained a rare inside look at what it took for rovers Spirit and Opportunity to land on the red planet in January 2004--and knows firsthand their findings.
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