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9781477758472
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Library bound book
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eng
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Owen, Ruth.
Probes /
by Ruth Owen.
New York, NY :
Rosen Publishing,
2015.
32 p. :
col. ill. ;
22 cm.
Objects in space
Includes bibliographical references (p. 32) and index.
Exploration and discovery -- The Voyager probes -- An incredible journey -- A voyage into the unknown -- Mars probes -- More Mars probes -- Galileo goes to Jupiter -- Galileo's discoveries -- Cassini-Huygens -- Revealing Titan's secrets -- New Horizons -- Searching for exoplanets -- Another Earth? -- Glossary -- Websites -- Read more, index.
Probes are unmanned spacecraft, and they collect important information for scientists on Earth. They've helped people learn more about asteroids, comets, and other planets such as Mars. Readers learn about the incredible discoveries made by probes in the past, as well as the discoveries present probes are making throughout our solar system. Fact boxes accompany enlightening main text to provide readers with as much information as possible about this fascinating topic. Each page of detailed text is accompanied by vibrant photographs of probes and the amazing places they're sent to explore.
4.0
Rosen Publishing.
3-6.
Rosen Publishing.
P
Guided Reading Level.
20150507.
Space probes.
Outer space
Exploration.
Space vehicles.
Interplanetary voyages.
Astronautics.
Objects in space.
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