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- Sojourner : an insider's view of the Mars Pathfinder mission / by Mishkin, Andrew.(CARDINAL)836750;
pt. 1. Laying the groundwork -- Doing what's never been done -- "Almost as good as a bogie" -- Off-roading with no one at the wheel -- The right place at the right time -- The big rover that never would -- The little rover that could -- pt. 2. Pathfinder -- A small enough team to do the job -- The rover war -- A design that really works -- Three rovers -- Seeing and believing -- Two spacecraft -- Trial by centrifuge -- Can we talk? -- The noise that wouldn't die -- Soul of Sojourner -- License to drive -- Meteorites, life, and job security -- pt. 3. Going to mars -- Even a journey of a thousand miles -- Cruisin' -- So what are you going to do for the next six months -- Testing, testing -- Moments of truth -- Living on Mars time -- Will build spacecraft for food."Sojourner operations team leader Andrew Mishkin tells the inside, human story of the Mars Pathfinder team's feverish efforts to build a self-guided, off-roading robot to explore the surface of the Red Planet.- Subjects: Mars Pathfinder Project (U.S.); Sojourner (Spacecraft); Space flight to Mars.;
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- The Pathfinder mission to Mars / by Hamilton, John,1959-(CARDINAL)375866;
Includes bibliographical references (page 29) and index.Machine generated contents note: The Pathfinder Mission --A New NASA --Spacecraft Design on a Shoestring --The Journey to Mars --The Arrival --Sojourner --A Phenomenal Mission --Internet Sites --Glossary --Index.Describes the Mars Pathfinder project, in which a vehicle has landed on Mars to investigate the surface of the planet and send back data on Martian geology.Accelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Mars Pathfinder Project (U.S.); Space flight to Mars; Mars probes;
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