Full name: The Mighty Mars Rovers: The Incredible Adventures of Spirit and Opportunity

Author: Elizabeth Rusch Year: 2012 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Science, Non Fiction, Children Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780547478814 9780544932463 054747881X 0544932463

On June 10, 2003, a little rover named Spirit blasted off on a rocket headed for Mars. On July 7, 2003, a twin rover named Opportunity soared through the solar system with the same mission: to find out if Mars ever had water that could have supported life.A thrilling addition to the acclaimed Scientists in the Field series, The Mighty Mars Rovers tells the greatest space robot adventure of all time through the eyes--and heart--of Steven Squyres, professor of astronomy at Cornell University and lead scientist on the mission. This suspenseful page-turner captures the hair-raising human emotions felt during the adventures with two tough rovers. This book is part of the "Scientists in the Field" series. Here are some other books from this series: "Kakapo Rescue" First published in 2010 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Bat Scientists" First published in 2010 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Frog Scientist" First published in 2009 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Once A Wolf" First published in 1999 Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "The Hive Detectives" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Emi and the Rhino Scientist" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Tracking Trash" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Saving the Ghost of the Mountain" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: "Science Warriors" Rank: , Original star rating: , Adjusted star rating: , Pop rating: Similar books: Space Chronicles by Neil deGrasse Tyson The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin Roving Mars by Steve Squyres Packing for Mars by Mary Roach A Black Hole Is Not a Hole by Carolyn Cinami Decristofano Mapping Mars by Oliver Morton Voyage to Mars by Laurence Bergreen Tracking Trash by Loree Griffin Burns How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming by Mike Brown A Traveler's Guide to Mars by William K. Hartmann Entering Space by Robert Zubrin The Planets in Our Solar System by Franklyn M. Branley The Frog Scientist by Pamela S. Turner Emi and the Rhino Scientist by Mary Kay Carson Kakapo Rescue by Sy Montgomery The Hive Detectives by Loree Griffin Burns The Way Things Work by David Macaulay Snow is Falling by Franklyn M. Branley Chemical Chaos by Nick Arnold The New Way Things Work by David Macaulay