ROBOTS IN SPACE (HB)

Whether it’s missions to the Moon, transporting rovers to Mars, or landing Philae on a comet, the idea that we can actually physically touch other worlds is wonderfully inspiring. It’s through cutting-edge robotic technology that this made possible. Expert space journalist Dr Ezzy Pearson delves into the fascinating robotic history of space exploration, from distant times when stars were an unreachable godly mystery, through the intense Space Race following the Second World War, to the Mars missions of the twenty-first century.