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Author Pyle, Rod.

Title Destination Mars : new explorations of the Red Planet / Rod Pyle ; foreword by Robert Manning.

Publication Info. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2012.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  523.43 PYLE    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  629.43 P    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  523.43 PYLE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  523.43 PYLE    Check Shelf
Description 348 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-318) and index.
Contents The first Martian -- MARS 101 -- In the beginning : a shining red eye -- The end of an empire : Marine 4 -- Dr. Robert Leighton : the eyes of Mariner 4 -- Continuing travels to dark and scary places : Mariners 6 and 7 -- Dr. Bruce Murray : it's all about the image -- Aeolian Armageddon : Mariner 9 -- Dr. Laurence Soderblom : the eyes of Mariner 9 -- Viking's search for life : where are the microbes? -- Dr. Norman Horowitz : looking for life -- Return to Mars : Mars Global Surveyor -- Robert Brooks : Sojourner, the pathfinder -- Robert Manning, Mars Pathfinder : bouncing to Mars -- Mars express : on the fast track -- A laugh in the darkness : the great galactic ghoul -- 2001 : a Mars odyssey -- Dr. Jeffrey Plaunt : follow the water -- Twins of Mars : spirit and opportunity -- Dr. Steve Squyres and the Mars Exploration Rovers : dreams of ice and sand -- Mars in HD : Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter -- Dr. Richard Zurek, MRO : I can see clearly now-- -- Twins of Mars : spirit and opportunity, part 2 -- From the ashes, like a phoenix -- Peter Smith : polar explorer -- Mars Science Laboratory : bigger is better -- Dr. Joy Crisp, Mars Science Observatory : dig this -- JPL 2020 : the once and future Mars -- Mars on Earth -- The new Martians -- The road ahead.
Subject Mars (Planet) -- Exploration.
Mars (Planet) -- Surface.
Artificial satellites -- Mars (Planet)
Space flight to Mars -- Planning.
ISBN 9781616145897 paperback alkaline paper
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1616145897 paperback alkaline paper
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