Robot Explorers

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Twenty-First Century Books, 2007 M08 15 - 112 pages
Robot Explorers is about the unmanned missions throughout the solar system, from the first lunar and planetary probes of the 60s up to the sophisticated Mars rover missions of the past decade. It describes the missions to Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, several asteroids, and the Sun, as well as some of the missions planned for the future.
 

Contents

Introduction
5
Chapter 1 The Space Race
6
Chapter 2 To the Moon
10
Chapter 3 Venus
26
Chapter 4 Mars
36
Chapter 5 Jupiter
54
Chapter 6 Saturn Uranus and Neptune
68
Chapter 7 Mercury Pluto and More
82
Chapter 8 The Sun and Beyond
96
Glossary
104
Source NotesSelected Bibliography
106
For Further Information
107
Index
110
About the AuthorPhoto Acknowledgments
112
Back Cover
114
Copyright

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About the author (2007)

Ron Miller has worked as a freelance writer and illustrator for more than 30 years. He has written short stories, nonfiction works, novels, and created a comic book. His illustrations have appeared in magazines such as Astronomy and Scientific American. He has also worked on motion pictures and created postage stamps.

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