Download or read book NASA Mars Mission for Kids written by Woo! Jr. Kids Activities and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the Mars 2020 NASA launch with this incredible activity book for kids! Excited about the future of space travel? This book is packed with Mars Rover history and engaging content about both upcoming, and previous missions to the Red Planet. Written for kids ages 7-12+, there are plenty of fun activities such as word puzzles, hidden pictures, STEM/STEAM coloring pages, and fun step-by-step drawing tutorials. Travel through the solar system and learn incredible NASA facts, Mars trivia, and uncover the ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian history behind the early discovery of our closest planetary neighbor. With the next mission to Mars scheduled to launch in the summer of 2020, children and students can use this book to travel through space and time!
Download or read book Curiosity The Story of a Mars Rover written by Markus Motum and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his debut picture book, Motum brings the story of NASA's beloved Mars rover Curiosity to life in vivid color. Full of eye-catching retro illustrations, this book is sure to fascinate budding space explorers and set inquisitive minds soaring. Full color.
Download or read book If I Were an Astronaut written by Eric Braun and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses activities astronauts do while they're in space.
Download or read book Rover Throws a Party written by Kristin L. Gray and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by NASA's Curiosity rover, this is the story of a lonely Mars rover who plans the best birthday party in the solar system. It's Rover's anniversary on Mars! Time to celebrate by throwing the best party this planet has ever seen. Rover hands out invitations all over town, but it seems like he's the only one around. Will anyone come to the party, or will Rover be all alone on his big day? In 2013, NASA programmed their Curiosity rover to hum "Happy Birthday to You" in honor of its first year on Mars. Inspired by this anecdote, this is the tale of a lonely rover and his party, accompanied by fascinating Mars rover facts that help explain the real science behind the story. This fun birthday tale provides an accessible, kid-friendly look at one of NASA's coolest programs.
Download or read book There s Nothing to Do on Mars written by Chris Gall and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-02-28 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Davey Martin's family moves to Mars, he discovers that there's nothing to do--at least until he and his robot dog Polaris learn to seize the spirit of adventure. It's not until they've zipped around the planet on his flying scooter--climbing Martian "trees," digging up "fossils," dancing in Martian rain dances--that they discover a treasure that finally piques Davey's interest--a source of water on the red planet! Chris Gall's new picture book plays on the themes (and ironies) of a complaint parents have heard from their children a thousand times: "There's nothing to do!" The book also offers a deeper lesson to our stationary, convenience-driven society: If you're creative and look carefully, you'll be amazed at what you find!
Download or read book Welcome to Mars written by Buzz Aldrin and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Apollo 11 astronaut invites young people to evaluate Mars as a potential planet for human colonization, and describes what Mars residents might experience while traveling to and living on the Red Planet.
Download or read book Going to Mars written by Brian Muirhead and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scientist with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory offers an inside look at the future of manned missions to Mars, tracing the history of Mars exploration and shedding new light on the future directions of expeditions to the Red Planet.
Download or read book Mars Rovers A True Book Space Exploration written by Jessica Cohn and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first time a person looked up at the sky and wondered "What's out there?" humans have dreamed about exploring the cosmos. For so long, our neighbor in the solar system has been shrouded in mystery. Was there ever life on Mars? How can we enable astronauts to land on that planet-and return safely? Mars rovers, including the latest:Perseverance, may just provide the answers! They might even tell us if humans can live on Mars one day! Share in the joy of exploration and discovery with Mars Rovers. ABOUT THE SERIES: This book is part of A True Book series, Space Exploration, that includes the titles Human Missions to Outer Space, Mars Rovers, The International Space Station, and UFO's. The series features the latest NASA imagery and lively text to bring the wonder of space exploration directly to readers.
Download or read book Red Mars written by Kim Stanley Robinson and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2003-05-27 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Nebula Award for Best Novel • Discover the novel that launched one of science fiction’s most beloved, acclaimed, and awarded trilogies: Kim Stanley Robinson’s masterly near-future chronicle of interplanetary colonization. “A staggering book . . . the best novel on the colonization of Mars that has ever been written.”—Arthur C. Clarke For centuries, the barren, desolate landscape of the red planet has beckoned to humankind. Now a group of one hundred colonists begins a mission whose ultimate goal is to transform Mars into a more Earthlike planet. They will place giant satellite mirrors in Martian orbit to reflect light onto its surface. Black dust sprinkled on the polar caps will capture warmth and melt the ice. And massive tunnels drilled into the mantle will create stupendous vents of hot gases. But despite these ambitious goals, there are some who would fight to the death to prevent Mars from ever being changed.
Download or read book Kid Astronaut written by Laura Knight and published by Friendly Planet Club. This book was released on 2018-08-16 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A choice-based, science fiction story that reads like a movie script and includes real NASA photos and facts! What happens when a kid is recruited for a daring outer space mission? Find out in this amusing and interactive tale. Kid Astronaut is perfect for a home or school library. Read-a-loud as a group or adventure on your own! Connecting themes for educators: Reader's Theater Script, Real and Make-believe, Using creativity in life interests, Scientific inventions, innovations, Transportation, Communication, Social Development: Individual and Group Responsibility, Problem Solving, Space exploration
Download or read book Perseverance and the Mars 2020 Mission written by Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the comprehensive story of NASA’s pioneering Mars 2020 mission, which at this moment continues to break ground on the surface of the Red Planet. The book takes readers through every stage of the Mars mission, describing its major goals and objectives, the cutting-edge technology and instrumentation onboard the Perseverance rover and other spacecraft components, and the members of the scientific team who steered the mission along the way. Mars 2020 is the first to actually take samples of the Red Planet and prepare them for subsequent return to Earth. The chapters therefore delve into how and why Jezero Crater was selected as the optimal landing and sample collecting site to meet the mission objectives. Featuring dozens of high-resolution images of the mission, this book gives readers a deeper understanding of the technology underlying Mars 2020 and why its work is so important for planetary science and space exploration.
Download or read book Give Me Some Space written by Philip Bunting and published by Scholastic Paperbacks. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One girl's mission to find life in space leads to an out-of-this-world adventure perfect for the astronaut-in-training in your life. Una loves imagining a life in space. Life on Earth is just so-so. But how will she get there? Can she complete her mission to discover life in space? Oh! And did she remember to feed her goldfish? From award-winning creator Philip Bunting, Give Me Some Space is a delightful story that expertly merges nonfiction facts with imaginative play. Readers will love blasting off with Una, and learning along the way!
Download or read book Mission to Space written by John Bennett Herrington and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Go on a Mission to Space with Chickasaw astronaut John Herrington, as he shares his flight on the space shuttle Endeavour and his thirteen-day mission to the international Space Station. Learn what it takes to train for space flight, see the tasks he completed in space, and join him on his spacewalk 220 miles above the earth.
Download or read book Kids to Space written by Lonnie Jones Schorer and published by Collector's Guide Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of children's questions about traveling to and living in space.
Download or read book Curiosity Rover written by John Hamilton and published by A&d Xtreme. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Simple text and "out-of-this-world" photography introduce readers to NASA's Curiosity rover, and its mission to search for signs of past life on Mars. Important details include a history of rovers on Mars, planning and construction of Curiosity, its launch from Earth, landing on Mars, and the science experiments it carried out and their results. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Space Kids Mars Mission written by Aleesah Darlison and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-10-04 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year is 2088. Eleven-year-old Nash now lives full-time on Misty Space Station with his father, Orson. His best friends on the holiday spaceship are Raj and KC. When a distress signal is received on Misty Space Station from a colony of researchers and scientists living on Mars, Captain Malik decides to send an urgent supply mission. Given the vast distance to Mars, the only way Nash, his brilliant father, Orson, and the Space Kids can reach them in time is using an experimental technology: a powerful space cruiser that travels faster than any vehicle ever invented before. Their courage, teamwork, and resourcefulness will be crucial if they have any hope of completing their daring supply and rescue mission.
Download or read book Packing for Mars for Kids written by Mary Roach and published by WW Norton. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “America’s funniest science writer” (Washington Post) asks the questions children ask in this young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars. What is it like to float weightlessly in the air? What happens if you vomit in your helmet during a spacewalk? How do astronauts go to the bathroom? Is it true that they don’t shower? Can farts really be deadly in space? Best-selling Mary Roach has the answers. In this whip-smart, funny, and informative young readers adaptation of her best-selling Packing for Mars, Roach guides us through the irresistibly strange, frequently gross, and awe-inspiring realm of space travel and life without gravity. From flying on NASA’s Weightless Wonder to eating space food, Packing for Mars for Kids is chock-full of firs-hand experiences and thorough research. Roach has crafted an authoritative and accessible book that is perfectly pitched to inquiring middle grade readers.
