The Adventures of Sojourner: The Mission to Mars That Thrilled the World

By Susi Trautmann Wunsch

Book Overview

On July 4, 1997, The Mars Pathfinder lander, cocooned in an ungainly mass of airbags, was dropped from a parachute 40 feet above Mars. It slammed to the surface, kicked up the red Martian dust,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965049361
• ISBN13: 9780965049368
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Mikaya Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.6" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 10 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 10

Customer Reviews

Excellent for school projects & great just for a good read

My son had this book assigned for a science projects class. Good, clear, photos and drawings/charts and interesting/useful facts. The text is detailed but still moves right along.

What a cool book!

This is a good book for kids between 8 and 12 years old. A little to heavy for my 6 year old, and probably too lightweight for a 13 year old. My son, however, was entranced by the pictures, and was rather happy when I "dumbed" down the reading to his level.Overall, I am quite happy having purchased it since it had enought pictures that I had not seen.

A wonderful book!

As the one who actually got to remotely drive Sojourner on Mars, I have to say that Susi has done an outstanding job of capturing the excitement of this once in a lifetime event in space exploration. She goes into great detail about how we created the rover and lander, launched and guided them over 120 million miles to Mars and finally how we landed safely and explored the surface. The numerous illustrations and photos in the book should really make the mission come alive to young readers. The primary Mars Pathfinder Rover Driver gives this book two big thumbs up! -- Brian K. Cooper

A must for the classroom

My students and I enjoyed this book. The narrative was compelling and the children loved the photographs and illustrations--particularly the renderings of future Mars missions. The technical material is presented in easily understood terms. I would hightly recommend it to other teachers..

Wunsch hits the mark

In her lavishly illustrated and thoughtfully written new book, Wunsch manages to capture the joy of the experimental process and the pride inherent in launching a project of this magnitude. My children were enthralled--Sojourner has fast become their first choice for evening reading.