Mars - The Red Planet

Periodicals Astronomy Discover Odyssey (Centerville Only) Popular Science Science (Woodbourne Only) Science News (Centerville Only) Additional astronomy and science journals, magazines, newspapers and databases can be accessed online through the library’s website at: www.wclibrary.info/databases

On the Web NASA Mars Exploration Program Website http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov Mars Exploration Rovers Website http://marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov Mars for Kids http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/funzone_flash.html The Mars Society http://www.marssociety.org European Space Agency Mars Program http://www.esa.int/export/SPECIALS/Mars_Express

MARS

Science Fact

Science Fiction

The Case for Mars: The Plan to Settle the Red Planet and Why We Must

First Landing by Robert Zubrin

Robert M. Zubrin 919.92304 Zubri

From renowned Mars visionary Robert Zubrin comes his much-anticipated debut novel following humankind's first manned mission to Mars, a thriller that balances technical detail with political back-stabbing and intrigue.

Is There Life on Mars? [DVD]

Mars by Ben Bova

629.43543 Is t

Magnificent Mars Ken Croswell 523.43 Cros

Mapping Mars: Science, Imagination, and the Birth of a World Oliver Norton 523.43 Mort

A Passion for Mars: Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet Andrew Chaikin 919.92304 Chai

The Smithsonian Book of Mars Joseph M. Boyce 523.43 Boyc

A Traveler's Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet William K. Hartmann 919.92304 Hart Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search for Life Beyond Earth Laurence Bergreen 629.4553 Berg

Twenty-five astronauts of the international Mars mission set down on the harsh and unforgiving planet and soon face deadly meteor showers, subzero temperatures, and a mysterious illness.

Mars Crossing by Geoffrey A. Landis The latest mission to Mars is in trouble. With their supplies running out and life support systems beginning to fail, the crew's only hope for survival lies in a desperate plan: an agonizing trek halfway across the surface of Mars to a ship designed to carry only half their number.

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Badbury Leaving behind a world on the brink of destruction, humans came to Mars and found Martians waiting. Written in the 1940s, Ray Bradbury's classic stories of the colonization of Mars form an eerie mesh of past and future.

Moving Mars by Greg Bear In this Nebula Award winning novel, a revolution is transforming the formerly passive Earth-colony of Mars. The turbulent political future of Mars is revealed through the experiences and reflections of Casseia Majumdar, a Martian woman who evolves from rebel to planetary leader to outcast.

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

The Nebula Award winning Red Mars begins Kim Stanley Robinson’s critically acclaimed epic saga of the colonization of Mars. The thrilling and timeless tale of humanity's struggle to survive at its farthest frontier continues in Green Mars and Blue Mars. Fore more, search eCatalog for Subject: Mars (Planet) — Fiction WAM 8/09