Space Exploration

Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt

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Copies: 6

"It's a whole new world. It's a planet I think everyone has tried to imagine."

Lexile: 
940L
Mission to Pluto: The First Visit to an Ice Dwarf and the Kuiper Belt

High Frontier

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Players represent space-faring factions of Earth. These factions bid for patents in the form of space technology cards and boost them into Low Earth Orbit (LEO). These are then assembled into rockets and their cargoes.

Grade Level: 
High
Content Area: 
Science
Play Time: 
180 min.
High Frontier

The Mighty Mars Rovers

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Copies: 7

On June 10, 2003, a little rover named Spirit blasted off on a rocket headed for Mars. On July 7, 2003, a twin rover named Opportunity soared through the solar system with the same mission: to find out if Mars ever had water that could have supported life.A thrilling addition to the acclaimed Scientists in the Field series, The Mighty Mars Rovers tells the greatest space robot adventure of all time through the eyes—and heart—of Steven Squyres, professor of astronomy at Cornell University and lead scientist on the mission.

Lexile: 
950L
The Mighty Mars Rovers