Mars rover : how a self-portrait captured the power of curiosity
Smith-Llera, Danielle, 1971-2017
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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 colour 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?
Main title:
Mars rover : how a self-portrait captured the power of curiosity / by Danielle Smith-Llera.
Author:
Smith-Llera, Danielle, 1971-, author
Imprint:
Oxford : Raintree, [2017]©2018
Collation:
64 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 26 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Juvenile.
ISBN:
9781474748513 (pbk)
Dewey class:
629.295629
Local class:
J629.295
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2047021