By Dana Berry. Companion to the Acclaimed Series.
The cornerstone of Discovery Channel's 2007-2008 Season, this landmark television event marks the 50th anniversary of the Space Age initiated by Sputnik. This elite crew band together for the ultimate career-making mission, a journey which will last for nearly 600 days and will take them 56-million kilometers away from their lives on Earth. This book explores not only the TV series but also the work underway to take humans to the Red Planet and the nature of the risks. Featuring spectacular computer-generated images created especially for the TV series along with the latest breathtaking photographs of the planet captured by NASA.
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