Land-sailing Venus rover : meet NASA inventor Geoffrey Landis and his team's

Land-sailing Venus rover : meet NASA inventor Geoffrey Landis and his team's / writer, Jeff De La Rosa.

Author/creator	De la Rosa, Jeff author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago, Illinois : World Book, Inc., [2017]
Copyright Notice	©2017
Description	48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Subject(s)	Landis, Geoffrey--Juvenile literature. Roving vehicles (Astronautics)--Juvenile literature. Space vehicles--Propulsion systems --Juvenile literature. Wind power--Juvenile literature. Venus (Planet)--Exploration --Juvenile literature.

Portion of title	Meet NASA inventor Geoffrey Landis and his team's land-sailing Venus rover
Cover title	Land-sailing Venus rover with NASA inventor Geoffrey Landis
Series	Out of this world Out of this world (World Book, Inc.) ^A1379123
Contents	Destination: Venus -- Inventor feature: Rocket man -- Hostile conditions -- Previous explorations -- Inventor feature: Veteran of Mars -- Roving Venus -- Taking the heat -- Big idea: High-temperature electronics -- Inventor feature: science fiction author -- Cloudy skies ahead -- Big idea: Land sailing -- Getting around -- Inventor feature: Other interests -- Surfing the Venusian winds -- Geoffrey Landis and his team.
Abstract	"A volume explaining inventor Geoffrey Landis's plan to develop space rovers that use the power of wind to explore the surface of Venus"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience	1000 Lexile
Study program note	Accelerated Reader AR
Genre/form	Biographies.
LCCN	2017024502
ISBN	9780716661603 (hardcover)
ISBN	0716661608 (hardcover)
ISBN	(ebook)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	TRC Nonfiction	629.475 D375LAN	✔ Available	Place Hold