Earthling's Guide to Mars : Travel to Mars with Pathfinder

Name: Earthling's Guide to Mars : Travel to Mars with Pathfinder
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ISBN: 9780070696358

ISBN-10: 0070696357

ISBN-13: 9780070696358

Edition: 1999

Authors: Carolyn T. Sumners, Kerry Handron

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Children are invited to take an imaginary tour of Mars, its polar caps, canyons, cratered terrains and volcanic regions in this stimulating guide to the 1997 Pathfinder mission and Global Surveyor mission.

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 138
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Planning for Mars
Why Mars?	p. 1
Comparing Earth and Mars	p. 2
Mars Seasons	p. 4
Mars from Earth	p. 6
Mars Features	p. 8
The Journey to Mars
Voyage to Mars	p. 10
Path to Mars	p. 12
Life Support	p. 14
Relaxing and Calling Home	p. 16
Food and Shelter	p. 18
Prepare for Landing	p. 20
Visiting the Vikings
Legacy of Vikings	p. 22
Chryse Planitia	p. 24
Mars Weather	p. 26
Utopia Planitia	p. 28
Testing the Soil	p. 30
Utopia Frost	p. 32
Outside on Mars	p. 34
Sagan Station
Pathfinder at Ares Vallis	p. 36
Landing Bounce	p. 38
Sagan Station	p. 40
Ares Vallis	p. 42
Sojourner	p. 44
Famous Places in Ares Vallis	p. 46
Family Adventure	p. 48
The Valles Marineris
Valleys and Canyons	p. 50
Northern Valleys	p. 52
Ravil Vallis	p. 54
Ganges Chasma	p. 56
Candor Chasma	p. 58
Central Canyons	p. 60
Noctis Labyrinthus	p. 62
Sunrise Over the Canyons	p. 64
The Great Volcanoes
Volcanoes on Mars	p. 66
Olympus Mons	p. 68
Ascraeus Mons	p. 70
Arsia Mons and Pavonis Mons	p. 72
Ceraunius Tholus and Uranius Tholus	p. 74
Ulysses Patera	p. 76
Elysium Planitia	p. 78
The Volcano Explorer	p. 80
The South
The Old South	p. 82
Tyrrhena Patera	p. 84
Hadriaca Patera and Dao Vallis	p. 86
Hellas Basin	p. 88
Argyre Planitia	p. 90
Cratered Terrain	p. 92
Geology in the Old South	p. 94
Wind and Ice
Ice and Dust	p. 96
Clouds	p. 98
Dust	p. 100
Polar Terraces	p. 102
North Polar Cap	p. 104
South Polar Cap	p. 106
Seasons at the North Pole	p. 108
Winter Wonder Land	p. 110
Looking for Life
Searching for Mars Life	p. 112
Signs of Water	p. 114
Cydonia	p. 116
Rocks from Mars	p. 118
Mars Fossils	p. 120
The Once and Future Mars	p. 122
Ancient Aliens?	p. 124
Moon Missions
Moons of Mars	p. 126
Phobos	p. 128
Deimos	p. 130
Moon Explorer	p. 132
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