The Mystery of Mars - Hardcover

Ride, Sally; O'Shaughnessy, Tam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517709716 ISBN 13: 9780517709719

Publisher: Crown Pub, 1999

Synopsis

Complete with photographs from the NASA file, this in-depth book describes the various explorations of Mars while providing details about its landscape, atmosphere, similarities to Earth, and more.

About this title

About the Author

Sally Ride and Tam O'Shaughnessy both live inLa Jolla, California.

From the Inside Flap

In 1997, NASA's Pathfinder began a new era in Mars exploration when it touched down and, along with its tiny rover, Sojourner, explored the Martian surface for the first time in 20 years. In December 1999, a new NASA spacecraft will land on Mars, to be followed by several more missions over the coming decade. In The Mystery of Mars, former astronaut Sally Ride and science teacher Tam O'Shaughnessy draw on the latest Pathfinder data, as well as decades of study of Mars, to present a comprehensive overview of Earth's nearest neighbor. With its thin atmosphere, rocky canyons, extinct volcanoes, and icy polar regions, Mars has many things in common with Earth--and may have even had life. Comparing the two planets' evolution, geology, and geography, the authors explain what we know about Mars today and what we hope to learn about it in the future. With lavish color photographs, this engaging and accessible introduction to the Red Planet is the ideal guide to this new age of Mars research.

Edition details

• Publisher: Crown Pub
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517709716
• ISBN 13: 9780517709719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 48