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Mission to Pluto : the first visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt  Cover Image Book Book

Mission to Pluto : the first visit to an ice dwarf and the Kuiper belt / Mary Kay Carson ; with photographs by Tom Uhlman.

Carson, Mary Kay, (author.). Uhlman, Tom, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"Follow a spacecraft the size of a piano, named New Horizons, on the first ever spacecraft mission to Pluto, the space entity formerly known as a planet, in the latest addition to the epic and authoritative Scientists in the Field series."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780544416710
  • ISBN: 0544416716
  • Physical Description: 73 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A long-awaited encounter -- Mission brief: The journey to Pluto -- Plutonian dreams -- Mission brief: Pluto primer -- Built to go the distance -- Mission brief: The spacecraft -- Sprinting across the solar system -- Mission brief: Mini-moons -- Up close and personal -- Mission brief: Pluto encounter -- Meet the neighbors -- Mission brief: The Kuiper Belt.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 10-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
Subject: New Horizons (Spacecraft) > Juvenile literature.
Space flight > Juvenile literature.
Interplanetary voyages > Juvenile literature.
Pluto (Dwarf planet) > Juvenile literature.
Kuiper Belt > Juvenile literature.
Outer space > Exploration > Juvenile literature.

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