Mars Rover: How a Self-Portrait Captured the Power of Curiosity

by Danielle Smith-Llera

Overview

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?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780756556457
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/08/2017
Series:	Captured Science History Series
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	9.25(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.19(d)
Lexile:	1060L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 12 Years

About the Author

Danielle Smith-Llera grew up in coastal Virginia, hearing unforgettable tales about her Mexican and Irish ancestors. She first moved overseas to teach in international schools in Hungary and Brazil. Life in the U.S. Foreign Service has taken her around the world to live in India, Jamaica, Romania, Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Washington, DC. She loves sharing stories—fiction, nonfiction, and a mixture of both—in classrooms, museum exhibits, and, of course, books.

Table of Contents

Seven terrifying minutes — Follow the water — Racing toward the prize — The hunt for signs of life — Timeline — Glossary — Additional resources — Source notes — Select bibliography — Index.

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