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

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?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Compass Point Books
Published: 08/01/2017
ISBN: 9780756556419
Pages: 64
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.50h x 9.40w x 0.30d

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2018 pg. 82

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 197486 / Mars Rover: How a Self-Portrait Captured the Power of Curiosity
Reading Level: 7 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 1