What’s Amazing about Space Exploring Exploring Exploring Space Robots Deborah Kops Lerner Publications Minneapolis
Chapter 1 ROBOTS ON THE GO A robot with six wheels drives to a rock The robot is about the size of a golf cart Its name is Opportunity The rock and the robot are on the planet Mars Opportunity rolls across the surface of Mars What does Opportunity do on Mars 4
Opportunity’s cameras took this image of Chocolate Hills The image was colored to show the difference in rocks and soil types on Mars The rock is called Chocolate Hills It is covered with dark stuff The coating reminds scientists of chocolate They want to know what that dark coating is Opportunity explores Chocolate Hills 5
