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Meet NASA inventor William "Red" Whittaker and his team's alien cave explorers Cover Image Book

Meet NASA inventor William "Red" Whittaker and his team's alien cave explorers / writer, Jeff De La Rosa.

Alien cave explorers (spine title)
Alien cave explorers with NASA inventor Red Whittaker (cover title)
De la Rosa, Jeff, (author.).

Summary:

"A volume explaining engineer Willian "Red" Wittaker's plan to develop robots designed to explore the unknown caves on the moon and Mars"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780716661634
  • ISBN: 0716661632
  • Physical Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
  • Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : World Book, Inc., [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Caves -- Lava tubes -- Inventor feature: -- Spelunker (and what's in a name) -- Locating caves -- A campaign of exploration -- Stage one: orbital scouting -- Stage two: scouting by aerial and surface craft -- Inventor feature: Jules Verne -- Stage three: descending into the pit -- Big idea: the tyrolean traverse -- Inventor feature: mother of invention -- Stage four: underground exploration -- Big idea: seeing in the dark -- Inventor feature: Farmer Red -- Why study caves? -- Big idea: future cave dwellers -- Whittaker and his team.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 5-11.
1010L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.6 1 192887.

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Subject:
Whittaker, William L. > Juvenile literature.
Space robotics > Juvenile literature.
Caves > Juvenile literature.
Moon > Exploration > Juvenile literature.
Mars (Planet) > Exploration > Juvenile literature.
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Biographies.

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Richlands Branch Library J629.435 DEL (Text) 36015000059044 Juvenile Nonfiction Checked out 08/14/2026

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