Exploring distant worlds as a space robot engineer

Exploring distant worlds as a space robot engineer / by Ruth Owen ; consultants: Kevin Yates Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, Professor John Bridges Planetary Scientist, University of Leicester, UK.

Author/creator	Owen, Ruth, 1967- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	United States : Ruby Tuesday Books, 2016.
Copyright Notice	©2016
Description	32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm.
Subject(s)	Robotics--Juvenile literature. Engineering--Juvenile literature. Outer space--Exploration --Juvenile literature.

Portion of title	Space robot engineer
Series	Get to work with science and technology Owen, Ruth, 1967- Get to work with science and technology. ^A1295998
Contents	We're safe on Mars! -- Building space robots -- How to design a robot -- Designing a Mars robot -- Test-driving "Scarecrow" -- Clean rooms and bunny suits -- The EDL team -- The mission scientists -- Driving a robot rover -- Martian superstars -- Robot astronauts -- Creating robonaut -- Space robots of the future -- Get to work as a space robot engineer.
Abstract	In Exploring Distant Worlds as a Space Robot Engineer, readers will meet the scientists who design and build robots, send them into space, and even drive the rovers that are exploring Mars today.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.
Audience	900 Lexile
LCCN	2015907065
ISBN	9781910549384
ISBN	191054938X
Stock number	1391787 QBI

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Joyner	TRC Nonfiction	629.8 OW26E	✔ Available	Place Hold