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Exploring Mars

Author : Scott Hubbard
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816528969
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Exploring Mars written by Scott Hubbard and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Red Planet has been a subject of fascination for humanity for thousands of years, becoming part of our folklore and popular culture. The most Earthlike of the planets in our solar system, Mars may have harbored some form of life in the past and may still possess an ecosystem in some underground refuge. The mysteries of this fourth planet from our Sun make it of central importance to NASA and its science goals for the twenty-first century.ÊÊ In the wake of the very public failures of the Mars Polar Lander and the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1999, NASA embarked on a complete reassessment of the Mars Program. Scott Hubbard was asked to lead this restructuring in 2000, becoming known as the "Mars Czar." His team's efforts resulted in a very successful decade-long series of missions--each building on the accomplishments of those before it--that adhered to the science adage "follow the water" when debating how to proceed. Hubbard's work created the Mars Odyssey mission, the twin rovers Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, the Phoenix mission, and most recently the planned launch of the Mars Science Laboratory.Ê Now for the first time Scott Hubbard tells the complete story of how he fashioned this program, describing both the technical and political forces involved and bringing to life the national and international cast of characters engaged in this monumental endeavor.Ê Blending the exciting stories of the missions with the thrills of scientific discovery, Exploring Mars will intrigue anyone interested in the science, the engineering, or the policy of investigating other worlds. Ê

Mars Rover Curiosity

Author : Rob Manning
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 1588344746
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Mars Rover Curiosity written by Rob Manning and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2014-10-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of engineering one of the most complex pieces of space technology, the Mars Rover Curiosity, by its chief engineer Rob Manning In the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we haven't found answers to one of our most fundamental questions: Does life exist anywhere else in the universe? Ten years and billions of dollars in the making, the Mars Rover Curiosity is poised to answer this all-important question. In Mars Rover Curiosity: An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer, Rob Manning, the project's chief engineer, tells of bringing the groundbreaking spacecraft to life. Manning and his team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, tasked with designing a lander many times larger and more complex than any before, faced technical setbacks, fights over inadequate resources, and the challenges of leading an army of brilliant, passionate, and often frustrated experts. Manning's fascinating personal account--which includes information from his exclusive interviews with leading Curiosity scientists--is packed with tales of revolutionary feats of science, technology, and engineering. Readers experience firsthand the disappointment at encountering persistent technical problems, the agony of near defeat, the sense of victory at finding innovative solutions to these problems, the sheer terror of staking careers and reputations on a lander that couldn't be tested on Earth, and the rush of triumph at its successful touchdown on Mars on August 5, 2012. This is the story of persistence, dedication, and unrelenting curiosity.

Mars

Author : Alfred S. McEwen
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816532567
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Mars written by Alfred S. McEwen and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most outstanding and uniquely curated selection of Mars orbital images ever assembled in one volume. With explanatory captions in twenty-four languages and a gallery of more than 200 images, this distinctive volume brings a timely and clear look at the work of an active NASA mission.

Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 030909724X
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Preventing the Forward Contamination of Mars written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2006-04-22 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent spacecraft and robotic probes to Mars have yielded data that are changing our understanding significantly about the possibility of existing or past life on that planet. Coupled with advances in biology and life-detection techniques, these developments place increasing importance on the need to protect Mars from contamination by Earth-borne organisms. To help with this effort, NASA requested that the NRC examine existing planetary protection measures for Mars and recommend changes and further research to improve such measures. This report discusses policies, requirements, and techniques to protect Mars from organisms originating on Earth that could interfere with scientific investigations. It provides recommendations on cleanliness and biological burden levels of Mars-bound spacecraft, methods to reach those levels, and research to reduce uncertainties in preventing forward contamination of Mars.

Mars Probes

Author : Kelly Spence
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508151326
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Mars Probes written by Kelly Spence and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1976, Viking 1 became the first spacecraft from Earth to land on Mars. For the first time, scientists were able to see the surface of the red planet! Since then, NASA and other space organizations have sent other probes to Mars and have learned a lot. Readers find out all about the robots created especially for the task of exploring Mars through detailed diagrams, full-color photographs, and interesting main content. Including information about STEM careers and the background of planning a space mission using robots, this book engages readers with exciting STEM content and careers.

Red Rover

Author : Roger Wiens
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 0465055982
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Red Rover written by Roger Wiens and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the development and construction of the Mars rover Curiosity, the most sophisticated vehicle ever sent to the "Red Planet."

NASA Missions to Mars

Author : Piers Bizony
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 0760373140
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book NASA Missions to Mars written by Piers Bizony and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With authoritative text and NASA photography and artworks, NASA Missions to Mars tells the story of NASA’s programs to explore the Red Planet—from the first tentative flybys to the present—and offers a glimpse into the future of Mars exploration.

The Difficult Road to Mars: A Brief History of Mars Exploration in the Soviet Union

Author : V. G. Perminov
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780353299627
Total Pages : 86 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Difficult Road to Mars: A Brief History of Mars Exploration in the Soviet Union written by V. G. Perminov and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-11 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Mars Exploration

Author : Giuseppe Pezzella
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1839623624
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (396 download)

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Download or read book Mars Exploration written by Giuseppe Pezzella and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-09-09 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 50 years after the Mariner 4 flyby on 15 July 1965, Mars still represents the next frontier of space explorations. Of particular focus nowadays is crewed missions to the red planet. Over three sections, this book explores missions to Mars, in situ operations, and human-rated missions. Chapters address elements of design and possible psychological effects related to human-rated missions. The information contained herein will allow for the development of safe and efficient exploration missions to Mars.

Probes

Author : Ruth Owen
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1477758488
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (777 download)

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Download or read book Probes written by Ruth Owen and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Probes are unmanned spacecraft, and they collect important information for scientists on Earth. They’ve helped people learn more about asteroids, comets, and other planets such as Mars. Readers learn about the incredible discoveries made by probes in the past, as well as the discoveries present probes are making throughout our solar system. Fact boxes accompany enlightening main text to provide readers with as much information as possible about this fascinating topic. Each page of detailed text is accompanied by vibrant photographs of probes and the amazing places they’re sent to explore.

Destination Mars

Author : Rod Pyle
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616145900
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Destination Mars written by Rod Pyle and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the next decade, NASA, by itself and in collaboration with the European Space Agency, is planning a minimum of four separate missions to Mars. Clearly, exciting times are ahead for Mars exploration. This is an insider’s look into the amazing projects now being developed here and abroad to visit the legendary red planet. Drawing on his contacts at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the author provides stunning insights into the history of Mars exploration and the difficulties and dangers of traveling there. After an entertaining survey of the human fascination with Mars over the centuries, the author offers an introduction to the geography, geology, and water processes of the planet. He then briefly describes the many successful missions by NASA and others to that distant world. But failure and frustration also get their due. As the author makes clear, going to Mars is not, and never will be, easy. Later in the book, he describes in detail what each upcoming mission will involve. In the second half of the book, he offers the reader a glimpse inside the world of Earth-based "Mars analogs," places on Earth where scientists are conducting research in hostile environments that are eerily "Martian." Finally, he constructs a probable scenario of a crewed expedition to Mars, so that readers can see how earlier robotic missions and human Earth simulations will fit together. All this is punctuated by numerous firsthand interviews with some of the finest Mars explorers of our day, including Stephen Squyres (Mars Exploration Rover), Bruce Murray (former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and Peter Smith (chief of the Mars Phoenix Lander and the upcoming OSIRIS-REx missions). These stellar individuals give us an insider’s view of the difficulties and rewards of roaming the red planet. The author’s infectious enthusiasm and firsthand knowledge of the international space industry combine to make a uniquely appealing and accessible book about Mars.

Missions to Mars

Author : Larry S. Crumpler
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063047373
Total Pages : 652 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Missions to Mars written by Larry S. Crumpler and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA’s most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet, illustrated with full-color photographs—a wondrous chronicle of unprecedented scientific discovery and the search for evidence of life on Mars. “There are probably just a few of moments in human history when a small group of humans stood on the margins of a vast new world, and it is no stretch of the romantic imagination that the arrival of two rovers on the surface of another planet was surely one of them.” Human exploration of Mars is the most ambitious and exciting scientific goal of the twenty-first century. Few people know as much about this fascinating planet as Dr. Larry Crumpler. As one of the long-term planning leads for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, he helped control the daily communications between NASA and the rovers roaming the planet to gather scientific data. Thanks to the Rover Project, we now know that the dry, red dust of the planet’s surface hides a wet, possibly living history, and that conditions were present for the evolution of complex, organic life. In this magnificent compendium, Dr. Crumpler recounts the history of the Red Planet, from the earliest days when ancient astronomers turned their eyes to the heavens to the breakthrough discoveries being unearthed by modern technology today, including some of the first images from the latest rover, Perseverance. Paired with stunning, full-color photographs taken by rovers and NASA satellites images, this magnificent “biography” of the red planet allows us to understand and experience it as never before. When the Spirit and Opportunity Rovers landed on Mars in January 2004, scientists expected them to function for 90 days. But those three months turned into fifteen years. With data gathered by the rovers, Dr. Crumpler and his fellow team members were able to reconstruct the planet’s stunning geological past, when it was once inundated with water, and perhaps could have supported microbial life. Dr Crumpler also reveals the joys and demands of life as a scientist taking part in these historic missions. Exploring fundamental questions about this remarkable planet that have intrigued us earthlings for years, Missions to Mars illuminates Mars’ significance in the solar system—and the human imagination.

Russian Space Probes

Author : Brian Harvey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441981500
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Russian Space Probes written by Brian Harvey and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brian Harvey recounts for the first time the definitive history of scientific Russian space probes and the knowledge they acquired of the Earth, its environment, the Moon, Mars and Venus. He examines what Russian Space Science has actually achieved in furthering our knowledge of the Solar System, focusing on the instrumentation and scientific objectives and outcomes, the information gained and lessons learnt. Boxes and charts are used extensively in order to convey in an easily understandable manner for the non-scientific reader the problems and issues addressed and solved by Soviet space science. The book opens with the story of early space science in Russia, which started when the first Russian rockets were fired into the high atmosphere from Kapustin Yar in the late 1940s. Instruments were carried to measure and map the atmosphere and later rockets carried dogs to test their reactions to weightlessness. In order to beat America into Earth orbit, two simpler satellites than originally planned were launched, Sputnik and Sputnik 2, which provided some initial information on atmospheric density, while the following Sputnik 3 carried twelve instruments to measure radiation belts, solar radiation, the density of the atmosphere and the Earth’s magnetic field. The author recounts how, by the 1960s, the Soviet Union had developed a program of investigation of near-Earth space using satellites within the Cosmos program, in particular the DS (Dnepropetrovsky Sputnik), small satellites developed to investigate meteoroids, radiation, the magnetic fields, the upper atmosphere, solar activity, ionosphere, charged particles, cosmic rays and geophysics. Brian Harvey then gives the scientific results from Russian lunar exploration, starting with the discovery of the solar wind by the First Cosmic Ship and the initial mapping of the lunar far side by the Automatic Interplanetary Station. He describes Luna 10, which made the first full study of the lunar environment, Luna 16 which brought soil back to Earth and the two Moon rovers which travelled 50 kms across the lunar surface taking thousands of measurements, soil analyses and photographs, as well as profiles of discrete areas. Chapters 4 and 5 describe in detail the scientific outcomes of the missions to Venus and Mars, before considering the orbiting space stations in Chapter 6. Space science formed an important part of the early manned space program, the prime focus being the human reaction to weightlessness, how long people could stay in orbit and the effects on the body, as well as radiation exposure. Chapter 7 looks at the later stage of Soviet and Russian space science, including Astron and Granat, the two observatories of the 1980s, and Bion, the space biology program which flew monkeys and other animals into orbit. The final chapter looks forward to a new period of Russian space science with the Spektr series of observatories and a range smaller science satellites under the Federal Space Plan 2006-2015.

Curiosity

Author : Rod Pyle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1616149337
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (161 download)

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Download or read book Curiosity written by Rod Pyle and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A behind-the-scenes look into the recent space mission to Mars of Curiosity--the unmanned rover that is now providing researchers with unprecedented information about the red planet. Pyle follows the team of dedicated scientists whose job it is to explore new vistas on Mars. Readers will also join Curiosity, the most advanced machine ever sent to another planet, on its journey of discovery"--

Mars Exploration Rovers

Author : Stephen John Kortenkamp
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1515752704
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book Mars Exploration Rovers written by Stephen John Kortenkamp and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores various perspectives surrounding the ongoing efforts to explore Mars and the men and women who work to better understand our solar system. Readers are immersed in the action as their choices guide the narrative.

What Happens to Space Probes?

Author : Todd Swatling
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN 13 : 1538219611
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book What Happens to Space Probes? written by Todd Swatling and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We've come so far in space exploration in just the past 10 years. Young readers know that NASA sends spacecrafts to space regularly. They may even hear in the news about the incredible photographs and information they send back. But do they know how they work once they're released into space? This book makes STEAM studies exciting for even the most reluctant reader by framing science curriculum topics within the awesome field of astronomy, and by using easy-to-understand language and bold graphics.

The Case For Mars

Author : Robert Zubrin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471109887
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book The Case For Mars written by Robert Zubrin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the beginning of human history Mars has been an alluring dream; the stuff of legends, gods, and mystery. The planet most like ours, it has still been thought impossible to reach, let alone explore and inhabit. Now with the advent of a revolutionary new plan, all this has changed. Leading space exploration authority Robert Zubrin has crafted a daring new blueprint, Mars Direct, presented here with illustrations, photographs, and engaging anecdotes. The Case for Mars is not a vision for the far future or one that will cost us impossible billions. It explains step-by-step how we can use present-day technology to send humans to Mars within ten years; actually produce fuel and oxygen on the planet's surface with Martian natural resources; how we can build bases and settlements; and how we can one day "terraform" Mars; a process that can alter the atmosphere of planets and pave the way for sustainable life.