Three teenagers from Earth named Laura, Jello, and Vic, are temporarily stranded on the planet Altar, whose inhabitants are being exterminated by the troops of the Reix, the Evil Earth Empire! During a reconnaissance air-bike flight, Laura saves Zarkan, a fierce Altarian warrior with mental powers. After boarding the young, rebellious Earthlings' ship, Zarkan helplessly beholds from space the destruction of his planet... making him the last living...

What are rovers, and how do they safely land on and explore other planets? The answers to these questions and more are waiting for readers to discover as they explore the fascinating world of rovers. Readers are introduced to the stories of famous Mars rovers, including Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity. They learn who controls rovers, what discoveries rovers have made, and many other fun facts about these space vehicles. Fact boxes provide additional...

"Rovers traverse parts of space that people can't easily get to. Readers will love learning about these space machines, from their history to their current missions and where they might go in the future"--

For so long, our neighbor in the solar system has been shrouded in mystery. Was there ever life on Mars? How can we enable astronauts to land on that planetand return safely? Mars rovers, including the latest: Perseverance, may just provide the answers! They might even tell us if humans can live on Mars one day! Share in the joy of exploration and discovery with Mars Rovers.

This title covers the U.S. robotic rover missions on Mars. Through simple text, maps, and stunning photography, readers will learn about the Pathfinder, Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity rovers. Planned future missions from the U.S. and other countries will also be explored. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo & Daughters is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Compelling narrative nonfiction text presents the story of the Mars rovers, featuring the intrigue and excitement behind the missions. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions and callouts, infographics, a glossary, a listing of source notes, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author. Author/Illustrator biography Glossary of key words| Index |Infographics |Informative sidebars...

The Doncaster Rovers Miscellany is jam-packed with facts, stats, trivia, stories and legends. Featured here are loads of stories about the club from its inception in 1879 to the present day. Here you will find player feats, individual records and plenty of weird and wonderful tales, quotes ranging from the profound to the downright bizarre and cult heroes from yesteryear – a book no true Rovers fan should be without.

The story of the two robot vehicles, Spirit and Opportunity, that were sent to explore Mars, lasting far past their projected lives of 3 months and sending back invaluable images of the environmentally hostile planet.

Mars has been a source of fascination since H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds, a sci-fi fantasy of green-eyed Martians invading and overpowering Earth. In 1971, engineers succeeded in placing a spacecraft into Mars's orbit with the idea of finding out what was on Mars: Intelligent life? Water? A place people on Earth could move if need be? Since then, a number of missions to Mars have been launched. Now is your chance to help launch the Mars...

By far the most dangerous of the RAF operations during the Second World War were daylight attacks on enemy shipping, yet little has been written about this aerial campaign and the brave airmen who took part. In particular the intense air-sea battles that were fought in the Mediterranean have been neglected in histories of the war in North Africa and Italy. Roy Nesbit, in this classic account, sets the record straight by describing in vivid detail...