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The mighty Mars rovers : the incredible adventures of Spirit and Opportunity

2012

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:	2
Current Holds:	0
# Local items:	2
Control Number:	333360
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Call Number:	j 523.43 Rusch

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