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Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet

Steve Squyres

Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet

Hardcover (Hyperion Aug. 3, 2005) , 1st edition
Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million payload. He has gained a rare inside look at what it took for rovers Spirit and Opportunity to land on the red planet in January 2004-and knows firsthand their findings.
ISBN
1401301495 / 9781401301491
Pages
464
Weight
25.6 oz.
Dimensions
6.1 x 9.2 in.