NASA Mars Rovers 1997-2013: Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity: An Insight Into the Technology, History and Development of NASA's Mars Exploration Roving Vehicles

Baker, David

ISBN 10: 0857333704 / ISBN 13: 9780857333704

Published by Haynes Pubns, 2013

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192 pages. 10.71x8.19x0.71 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NASA Mars Rovers 1997-2013: Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity: An Insight Into the Technology, History and Development of NASA's Mars Exploration Roving Vehicles
• Publisher: Haynes Pubns
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857333704
• ISBN 13: 9780857333704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.9 kilograms

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Synopsis

Is there life on Mars? This age-old question has prompted many missions to Mars, with the most recent rover, Curiosity, having safely landed in August 2012 amid a blaze of publicity. This manual covers the development, design and engineering of three generations of Mars rover: Sojourner, which landed in 1997, was the size of a microwave; Spirit and Opportunity, both the size of a shopping cart, followed in 2004; and Curiosity is the size of a car, with a design life of two years. Learn how these machines work as well as what they have found and hope to discover - and look forward to the possibility that humans may yet set foot on the Red Planet.

About the Author

Dr. David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990. He has written more than 100 books on space flight, aviation and military technology. In October 2017 he received the American Astronautical Society's Frederick I. Ordway III award "for a sustained excellence in space coverage, through books, articles, as well as engagement in the early US space program." Dr. Baker is the author of the Haynes NASA Space Shuttle Manual, International Space Station Manual, NASA Mars Rovers Manual, Apollo 13 Manual, Soyuz Manual, Rocket Manual and Hubble Space Telescope Manual. David is currently the Editor of Spaceflight, the monthly space news magazine of the British Interplanetary Society, of which he is a Fellow, and he lives in East Sussex.