Format:
Book
Author:
Rusch, Elizabeth, author.
Title:
The mighty Mars rovers : the incredible adventures of Spirit and Opportunity / by Elizabeth Rusch.
Publisher, Date:
Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2012]
©2012
Description:
79 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Summary:
The story of the two robot vehicles, Spirit and Opportunity, that were sent to explore Mars, lasting far past their projected lives of 3 months and sending back invaluable images of the environmentally hostile planet.
Target Audience Note:
Grade 5-8.
Middle School.
Series:
Scientists in the field
Scientists in the field.
Subjects:
Roving vehicles (Astronautics) -- Juvenile literature.
Mars probes -- Juvenile literature.
Mars (Planet) -- Exploration -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Creative nonfiction.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 76), discography (p. 78) , filmography (p. 78) , and index.
Accelerated Reader 6.4.
AR 6.4 3.0.
A Junior Library Guild Selection.
NCTE Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor Book, 2013
Contents:
Mars exploration rover mission -- Mission impossible -- The making of the Mars rovers -- Are we really on Mars? -- Hitting the dusty trail -- Can Opportunity climb down? -- Can Spirit climb up? -- The problem with Courage -- A broken Spirit -- Opportunity's last stand? -- Free Spirit -- Mission more than accomplished!
LCCN:
2011012159
ISBN:
9780605558779
0605558779
9780547478814
054747881X
Other Number:
723140938
System Availability:
3
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
3
Control Number:
333360
Call Number:
j 523.43 Rusch
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
3
# System items in:
3