Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, And The Exploration Of The Red Planet

From the charismatic scientist and leader of the Mars Exploration Rover mission comes a riveting, behind-the-scenes account of the search for life on Mars. Squyres leads readers through the amazing story of the journeys to Mars by "Spirit" and "Opportunity," and what they found there.

Steve Squyres is the face and voice of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. Squyres dreamed up the mission in 1987, saw it through from conception in 1995 to a successful landing in 2004, and serves as the principal scientist of its $400 million payload. He has gained a rare inside look at what it took for rovers Spirit and Opportunity to land on the red planet in January 2004--and knows firsthand their findings.