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

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."--

Record details

ISBN: 0544416716
ISBN: 9780544416710
Physical Description: 73 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 x 29 cm.
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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.