Postcards From Mars

Author : Jim Bell
Publisher : Plume Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Mars (Planet)
ISBN : 0452296749

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Postcards from Mars by Jim Bell Pdf

The most fantastic of all journeys--the Spirit and Opportunity mobile robot missions to the surface of Mars--produced over 150,000 astonishing photographs. While the images were made available on low-resolution computer screens as they were sent back across millions of space miles, no one until now has done the painstaking work of editing, cropping, and processing these massive (often larger than 100 megabytes) images. The person to do it is Jim Bell, the scientist and photographer who led the photography team on this historic expedition. With his unique perspective, these photographs take us from the brave launches of these robots, to the alien landscape they discovered and the mysteries of the planet that they have helped to solve. Over 150 lavish full-color-process prints bring the colors and textures of Mars to vivid life on the page. Four of the most impressive pictures are presented in their entirety as gatefold images--which extend over three feet in width--providing a view of the surface of another planet unprecedented in its detail and clarity. Postcards from Mars is the perfect gift to give readers who have their feet on the ground and their eyes on the heavens.

Author : Craig Raine
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Poetry
ISBN : UOM:39015002713082

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A Martian Sends a Postcard Home by Craig Raine Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07
Category : Planets
ISBN : 0823420647

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Postcards from Pluto by Anonim Pdf

Learn interesting facts about our solar system and its planets.

Author : Tim Boxell
Publisher : Last Gasp
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1986-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 0867193433

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Commies from Mars, the Red Planet by Tim Boxell Pdf

This is a great collection of an unfortunately neglected example of the post-Zap explosion of underground comics - this features work by many stalwarts of the Zap! crew (Crumb, Robt. Williams, Spain Rodriguez, and S. Clay Wilson alongside Tim Boxell), as well as a slew of fine-but-forgotten artists and writers.

Author : Théodore Flournoy
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387088977

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From India to the planet Mars; A study of a case of somnambulism with glossolalia by Théodore Flournoy Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Jim Bell
Publisher : Sterling
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Mars (Planet)
ISBN : 1454911786

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Mars 3-D by Jim Bell Pdf

Presents the harsh landscape of the Red Planet through 3-D and color images from the robotic explorers Spirit and Opportunity; provides a close-up look a the Martian rocks, craters, valleys, and other geologic configurations.

Author : Marc Hartzman
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781683692102

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The Big Book of Mars by Marc Hartzman Pdf

The most comprehensive look at our relationship with Mars—yesterday, today, and tomorrow—through history, archival images, pop culture ephemera, and interviews with NASA scientists Mars has been a source of fascination and speculation ever since the ancient Egyptians observed its blood-red hue and named it for their god of war and plague. But it wasn't until the 19th century when “canals” were observed on the surface of the Red Planet, suggesting the presence of water, that scientists, novelists, filmmakers, and entrepreneurs became obsessed with the question of whether there’s life on Mars. Since then, Mars has fully invaded pop culture, inspiring its own day of the week (Tuesday), an iconic Looney Tunes character, and many novels and movies, from Ray Bradbury’s Martian Chronicles to The Martian. It’s this cultural familiarity with the fourth planet that continues to inspire advancements in Mars exploration, from NASA’s launch of the Mars rover Perseverance to Elon Musk’s quest to launch a manned mission to Mars through SpaceX by 2024. Perhaps, one day, we’ll be able to answer the questions our ancestors asked when they looked up at the night sky millennia ago.

Author : Pomegranate Communications, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-03
Category : Outer space
ISBN : 0764906240

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Space by Pomegranate Communications, Inc Pdf

Author : George Capaccio
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761445579

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Mars by George Capaccio Pdf

Journey into space and find out all there is to know about Mars.

Author : François Forget,François Costard,Philippe Lognonné
Publisher : Praxis
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0387489258

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Planet Mars by François Forget,François Costard,Philippe Lognonné Pdf

This book gives a new insight of Mars by adopting an original outline based on history rather than on subtopic (atmosphere, surface, interior). It focuses on the past and present evolution of Mars and also incorporates all the recent results from the space missions of Mars Express, Spirit and Opportunity. This book goes to the heart of current planetological research, and illustrates it with many beautiful images. The authors describe the magnificent scenery on Mars. The authors introduce a new world and reveal the workings of the planet Mars, and they describe current research to prepare for future missions to Mars.

Author : William Sheehan,Jim Bell
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780816532100

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Discovering Mars by William Sheehan,Jim Bell Pdf

A leading historian of astronomy and a leading planetary scientist who works at the forefront of space exploration provide a comprehensive history of the solar system's most alluring planet beyond Earth. William Sheehan and Jim Bell chronicle how ancient watchers of the skies attended to Mars's red color and baffling movements, how three and a half centuries of telescopic observations added vistas and controversies around possible seas and continents and canals, and how the current era of exploration by flyby, orbiter, lander, and rover spacecraft have conjured for us the reality of a world of towering shield volcanoes, vast canyons, ancient dry riverbeds--and even possible evidence of past life. A unique collaboration between two authors on the forefront of Mars explorations, past and future, Discovering Mars provides an ambitious, detailed, and evocative account of humanity's enduring fascination with the Red Planet.

Author : Alexandra Siy
Publisher : Charlesbridge
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781607341420

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Cars on Mars by Alexandra Siy Pdf

Follow the course of NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers Mission. Learn how scientists determined that there was once water on Mars and how they resolved problems with the rovers in order to prolong the mission.

Author : Vladimir PLETSER
Publisher : Springer
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789811070303

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On To Mars! by Vladimir PLETSER Pdf

This book introduces the Martian simulations of The Mars Society, the first one installed on Devon Island, an uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic, well within the polar circle, and the second in the desert of Utah, several hundreds of kilometers South of Salt Lake City. The book is based on the diaries held during the simulations, by Vladimir Pletser, a physicist-engineer, who was selected to participate in these simulations. It relates the details of everyday life in these Martian habitats and of the scientific and exploratory work conducted in these extreme environments in preparation for future manned missions to Mars. Through the real experiences described in the book, readers will find space explorations and living on Mars more tangible.

Author : William J. Clancey
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262017756

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Working on Mars by William J. Clancey Pdf

Beginning in 2004, a team of geologists and other planetary scientists did field science in a dark room in Pasadena, exploring Mars from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) by means of the remotely operated Mars Exploration Rovers (MER). Clustered around monitors, living on Mars time, painstakingly plotting each movement of the rovers and their tools, sensors, and cameras, these scientists reported that they felt as if they were on Mars themselves, doing field science. The MER created a virtual experience of being on Mars. This book examines how the MER has changed the nature of planetary field science. NASA cast the rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, as "robotic geologists," and ascribed machine initiative to remotely controlled actions. Clancey argues that the actual explorers were not the rovers but the scientists, who imaginatively projected themselves into the body of the machine to conduct the first overland expedition of another planet. The author investigates how the design of the rover mission enables field science on Mars, explaining how the scientists and rover engineers manipulate the vehicle and why the programmable tools and analytic instruments work so well for them.

Author : Chris Impey,Holly Henry
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780691169224

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Dreams of Other Worlds by Chris Impey,Holly Henry Pdf

The story of unmanned space exploration, from Viking to today Dreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds. Spanning four decades of dramatic advances in astronomy and planetary science, this book tells the story of eleven iconic exploratory missions and how they have fundamentally transformed our scientific and cultural perspectives on the universe and our place in it. The journey begins with the Viking and Mars Exploration Rover missions to Mars, which paint a startling picture of a planet at the cusp of habitability. It then moves into the realm of the gas giants with the Voyager probes and Cassini's ongoing exploration of the moons of Saturn. The Stardust probe's dramatic round-trip encounter with a comet is brought vividly to life, as are the SOHO and Hipparcos missions to study the Sun and Milky Way. This stunningly illustrated book also explores how our view of the universe has been brought into sharp focus by NASA's great observatories—Spitzer, Chandra, and Hubble—and how the WMAP mission has provided rare glimpses of the dawn of creation. Dreams of Other Worlds reveals how these unmanned exploratory missions have redefined what it means to be the temporary tenants of a small planet in a vast cosmos.