21st Century Complete Guide To Mars Exploration: Mars Exploration Rovers 2003 2004 ¿ Nasa Spirit And Opportunity Rovers (Mer) And The Mars Express Beagle 2 Mission

This comprehensive set of three CD-ROMs provides a thorough guide to the mission of the twin NASA Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, launched in 2003 for an early 2004 landing on the Red Planet. In addition to MER-A and MER-B, there is coverage of the Mars Express mission, including the Beagle 2 lander. This historic program is documented in NASA reports and mission images – there are over 385 images and 30 video clips reproduced here. Every aspect of the program is covered: * Preflight Tests, Launch and Cruise Phase * Landing Site maps and detailed photographs * Mission Objectives, Science Objectives * Entry, Descent, and Landing System * Science Instruments (Pancam, MINI-TES, Spectrometer, APXS, Magnets, Rock Abrasion Tool RAT, Microscopic Imager) * Spacecraft Description * Mission Timeline * Communications with Earth * MER Project Team Members This CD-ROM set has over 11,000 pages reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software – allowing direct viewing on Windows and Macintosh systems, and Reader software is included. Advanced search and indexing features are built into our reproduction, providing a complete full-text index. This enables the user to search all the files on the disk at one time for words or phrases using just one search command! The Acrobat cataloging technology adds enormous value and uncommon functionality to this impressive collection of government documents and material. There is no other reference that is as fast, convenient, comprehensive, and portable! NASA’s twin robot geologists, the Mars Exploration Rovers, launched toward Mars in 2003 in search of answers about the history of water on Mars. The Mars Exploration Rover mission is part of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, a long-term effort of robotic exploration of the red planet. The program seeks to take advantage of each launch opportunity to go to Mars, which comes around every 26 months as the planets move around the Sun. Launched on June 10 and July 7, 2003, the rovers will land on sites on Mars in January 2004. Primary among the mission’s scientific goals is to search for and characterize a wide range of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity on Mars. The spacecraft will be targeted to sites that appear to have been affected by liquid water in the past. After the airbag-protected landing craft settle onto the surface and open, the rovers will roll out to take panoramic images. These will give scientists the information they need to select promising geological targets that will tell part of the story of water in Mars’ past. Then, the rovers will drive to those locations to perform on-site scientific investigations over the course of their 90-day mission. Our CD-ROMs are privately-compiled collections of official public domain U.S. government files and documents – they are not produced by the federal government. They are designed to provide a convenient user-friendly reference work, utilizing the benefits of the Acrobat format to uniformly present thousands of pages that can be rapidly reviewed, searched, or printed without untold hours of tedious searching and downloading. Vast archives of important public domain government information that might otherwise remain inaccessible are available for instant review no matter where you are. This book-on-a-disc set makes a great reference work and educational tool.