Reviews Planetary Science

Destination Mars

New Explorations of the Red Planet by Rod Pyle

By Science News

- More than 2 years ago

Get up to date on current projects that aim to visit the Red Planet, plus what scientists are learning from Mars-like places on Earth.

Prometheus Books, 2012, 290 p., $19

A version of this article appears in the June 30, 2012 issue of Science News.

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