"From a long-term planning lead for the Mars Exploration Rover Project comes this vivid insider account of some of NASA's most vital and exciting missions to the Red Planet, illustrated with full-color photographs-a wondrous chronicle of unprecedented scientific discovery and the search for evidence of life on Mars"-- Provided by publisher.

Machine generated contents note:pt. 1 KNOWING THE UNKNOWN -- One. Full Circle -- Two. Eyes on Mars -- Three. The Invasion of Mars, Phase 1 -- Four. New World, New Globe -- Five. New World, New Geology -- Six. The Invasion of Mars, Phase 2 -- pt. 2 ROVING A NEW WORLD -- Seven. Wheels on the Ground -- Eight. One World, Two Expeditions -- Nine. Adventures on the Red Planet -- pt. 3 BECOMING MARTIANS -- Ten. Experiencing Mars: Living on Another World -- Eleven. The Invasion of Mars, Phase 3 -- Twelve. Future Mars: Mars Exploration Next.