NASA Mars Rovers Manual

Is there life on Mars This age-old question has prompted many missions to Mars with the most recent rover Curiosity having safely landed in August 2012 amid a blaze of publicity. This Manual covers the development design and engineering of three generations of Mars rover: Sojourner which landed in 1997 was the size of a microwave Spirit and Opportunity both the size of a shopping trolley followed in 2004 and Curiosity is the size of a car with a design life of two years. Learn how these machines work as well as what they have found and hope to discover - and look forward to the possibility that humans may yet set foot on the Red Planet.