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?
| ISBN: | 9781474748513 |
| Publication date: | 2nd November 2017 |
| Author: | Danielle Smith-Llera |
| Publisher: | Raintree an imprint of Capstone Global Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 64 pages |
| Series: | Captured Science History |