After being grounded to a desk job after botching a routine space-mining mission to establish an interstellar gate to a distant star, Helen discovers that someone intentionally wanted to terminate her project and if necessary, her. We are live, we are live, we are live. . . Helen Vectorvich just botched first contact. And she did it in both virtual reality and outer space. Only the most elite Far Reaches deep-space pilots get to run waldos: robots...

"In 1971, engineers succeeded in placing a spacecraft into Mars's orbit with the hope of finding out what was on Mars: Intelligent life? Water? A place where humans could live? Since then, more missions to Mars have been launched. Now is your chance to help continue the exploration of Mars. Will you: Join teams working on Mars orbiters? Join teams working with Mars landers and rovers? Everything in this book happened to real people. And you choose...

"Maybe you remember when a little robotic spacecraft landed on a far-off planet. On August 6, 2012, the rover Curiosity touched down on the rocky surface of Mars and now she's ready to guide you through her journey firsthand. From idea to creation and beyond, this fact-filled, stylish book introduces readers to Curiosity and her mission: to discover more about the red planet and search for evidence of life"--Jacket.