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NASA Missions to Mars is beautiful historical recount of how space technology has changed over the course of the years. I loved all the artwork included in this book of artist imp ...more

The story begins in 1961 with a young boy, astronomy books, and excitement about the solar system; specifically, Mars. The planet he could see (when he was 15) with a grown-up backyard telescope, that had a pinkish hue.

His books said Mars was the most Earth-like of the planets, and he fell in love ...more

As a non-technical space fan, I found this book was pitched at a nice level for me. I didn't feel patronised but all the science is understandable and gave just the right level of information to help me understand more about Mars. The book is primarily beautiful pictures and artist's impressions of ...more

NASA Missions to Mars: A Visual History of Our Quest to Explore the Red Planet by Piers Bizony is full of NASA photography. The large-format book (12 × 12 inches) examines everything from the first tentative steps toward the fourth planet to the 2021 landing of rover Perseverance and beyond. Space e ...more

NASA Missions to Mars from Piers Bizony is, as expected, a visual feast. What sets it a bit apart from many coffee table books is just how much good information it contains.

If your main interest is as a large format book for perusal and display, you will be very pleased with this. The photographs an ...more

When I was a lad Casey Kasem kept telling us to keep our feet on the ground and to keep reaching for the stars. Ever since the Apollo missions, which ended months before I began, we might have sought to reach for a planet at least, but our feet have done his bidding – it's only been robotised wheels ...more

(4.5/5) This is a gorgeous coffee table book! As guest essayist Andy Chaikin says in his Introduction to Mars, "I fell in love with the world next door." Short essays comprise the beginning of each chapter, followed by simply GORGEOUS images of Mars. The 4 chapters cover (1) our initial perceptions ...more