The Mighty MarsRovers: The Incredible Adventures Of Spirit And Opportunity
Elizabeth Rusch
What's it like to explore Mars? Did life ever exist on Earth's red neighbor? This book follows the story of two robot vehicles, Spirit and Opportunity, sent to seek evidence on Mars of water that could have once supported life. Lasting far past their projected lives of three months, incredibly the rovers carried out their missions for more than six years and sent back invaluable images of the environmentally hostile planet.