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Book SynopsisMars: A Journey of Discovery takes us through previously uncharted territory to experience the unravelling of the mysteries of Mars first-hand and as they happened.
Table of ContentsA Flickering Orb of Red • Red Planet Empire • The Sprinter: Mariner 4, First to Mars • Mars is Not Red: Marsniks Fail and Mariners Soar • Wet and Wild: A Shocking View from Mariner 9 • Into the Unknown • The Magnificent Vikings • Pink Sky, Red Sand • Is It Life? • Plucky Pathfinder • Pathfinder Triumphant • From on High: Mars Global Surveyor • An Odyssey to the Great Galactic Ghoul • Express Lane: Mars Express • Follow the Water • Blueberries, Dust Devils and Other Martian Delights • Opportunity's Grand Trek • HD in Space: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter • Empire of Ice: Mars Phoenix Lander • Seven Minutes of Terror: Mars Science Laboratory • We Found What We Came For • On to Mount Sharp • Yin and Yang: Maven and Mangalyaan • Next Steps: Insight and the Mars 2020 Rover: Russia's Turn: Europe's Exomars • NASA's Plan: Give Us (Another) 25 Years.
