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

by Danielle Smith-llera

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756556457
• ISBN13: 9780756556457
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Compass Point Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7