Blending the exciting stories of the missions with the thrills of scientific discovery, Exploring Mars will intrigue anyone interested in the science, the engineering, or the policy of investigating other worlds.
Discusses the Red Planet, early observations and beliefs, and future exploration.
Highly accessible writing combines with a magazine-style format in this series focusing on cutting-edge science.
Scientists have spent a lot of time exploring Mars, so it’s one of the planets we know the most about.
Introduces the past missions to Mars, describes the characteristics of Mars's environment, and explains how scientists might explore Mars in the future.
With Exploring Mars, astrologer, NASA scientist, and self-proclaimed "professional martian" Dr. Tanya Harrison and Canada's second-best space geographer and researcher Danny Bednar have compiled a year-by-year anthology of humanity's ...
In this book, you'll follow these advances in astronomy and planetary science as better and better technology brings us incrementally closer to unlocking the secrets of Mars.
This book explores various perspectives surrounding the ongoing efforts to explore Mars and the men and women who work to better understand our solar system. Readers are immersed in the action as their choices guide the narrative.
Discusses the exploration of Mars, focusing on the space flights made by unmanned probes, and examines possible developments and further exploration in the future.
Exploring Mars
Hubbard's work created the Mars Odyssey mission, the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Phoenix mission, and most recently the planned launch of the Mars Science Laboratory.Ê Now for the first time ...