Rosetta : Voyage to a Comet.
Hamilton, John.
Rosetta : Voyage to a Comet. - Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (35 pages). - Xtreme Spacecraft .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title Page; Credits; Table of Contents; Voyage to a Comet; Why Go To A Comet?; Past Missions; Planning and Building; Launch; The Long Journey; Arrival; Philae Lands; Discoveries; Mission's End; Glossary; Index; Back Cover and Spine.
Simple text and ""out-of-this-world"" photography introduce readers to the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, and its mission to study Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Important details include Rosetta's planning and construction, its launch, its orbit around the comet, the fateful crash of its Philae lander, and the science discoveries of the orbiter. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A and D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
9781680786040
Rosetta (Spacecraft)--Juvenile literature.
Comets--Juvenile literature.
Electronic Books.
QB721 / .R674 2017
Rosetta : Voyage to a Comet. - Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (35 pages). - Xtreme Spacecraft .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover; Title Page; Credits; Table of Contents; Voyage to a Comet; Why Go To A Comet?; Past Missions; Planning and Building; Launch; The Long Journey; Arrival; Philae Lands; Discoveries; Mission's End; Glossary; Index; Back Cover and Spine.
Simple text and ""out-of-this-world"" photography introduce readers to the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft, and its mission to study Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Important details include Rosetta's planning and construction, its launch, its orbit around the comet, the fateful crash of its Philae lander, and the science discoveries of the orbiter. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A and D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
9781680786040
Rosetta (Spacecraft)--Juvenile literature.
Comets--Juvenile literature.
Electronic Books.
QB721 / .R674 2017