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This stellar book introduces kids to outer space through in-depth info and comic book adventure. Along the way, kids follow explorer Bethany Ehlmann, a member of the NASA Mars Rover Curiosity mission, and her lovable robo-dog, Rover, as they study and protect our amazing solar system.

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Main Authors: Ehlmann, Bethany (Author), Swanson, Jennifer (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : National Geographic Kids, [2018]
Series:National Geographic kids.
Subjects:
Solar system > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:This stellar book introduces kids to outer space through in-depth info and comic book adventure. Along the way, kids follow explorer Bethany Ehlmann, a member of the NASA Mars Rover Curiosity mission, and her lovable robo-dog, Rover, as they study and protect our amazing solar system.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:128 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm.
Audience:Age 9-12.
Grade 4 to 6.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781426327988
1426327986
9781426327995
1426327994
Author Notes:DR. BETHANY EHLMANN is a 2013 National Geographic Emerging Explorer, a participating scientist on the NASA Mars Rover Curiosity mission, a research scientist at JPL, and an assistant professor of planetary science at CalTech.
She has studied compositional analysis of planetary surfaces, environmental change on Mars, chemical and physical weathering processes on planets, habitability, rock-microbe interactions, early Earth surface environments, and space policy. Ehlmann has a Ph.D. and M.S. in Geological Sciences from Brown University, an M.S. in both Geography and Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford (where she was a Rhodes Scholar), and a B.A. in both Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Studies from Washington University in St. Louis. Before obtaining her current position at Caltech/JPL, she was a Marie Curie Fellow at the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale in Paris.

Jennifer Swanson is an award-winning author and science superfan. Her books for children and young adults have been selected for the National Science Teachers Association's Best STEM Books and recommended reviews from School Librarians Workshop, Library Media Connection, and School Library Journal , among others.

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