Mars up close : inside the Curiosity mission /

National Geographic and science journalist Marc Kaufman combine inside stories, fascinating facts and eye-popping pictures, some never before seen, of the red planet and NASA's groundbreaking Curiosity mission. Renowned author Kaufman spent two years embedded with the engineers and scientists a...

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Main Author: Kaufman, Marc (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2014]
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MARC

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