Perseverance and the Mars 2020 Mission
Follow the Science to Jezero Crater
Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Published:19th Jan '22
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.
ISBN: 9783030921170
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258 pages
1st ed. 2022