Mars Rover
How a Self-Portrait Captured the Power of Curiosity
Kids, Technology, Machinery and Tools, Natural World, Discoveries, Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science
| Author: | Danielle Smith-Llera | ISBN: | 9780756556860 |
| Publisher: | Capstone | Publication: | August 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Compass Point Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Danielle Smith-Llera |
| ISBN: | 9780756556860 |
| Publisher: | Capstone |
| Publication: | August 1, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Compass Point Books |
| Language: | English |
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?
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?
