Mars Orbiter Mission: E-book about Mars

The Indian Space Research Organization, which operates the Mars Orbiter Mission, has published online for free download a 24-page illustrated PDF book on Mars. Written at about the middle-school level and illustrated with photos and cartoon-style drawings, the book describes Mars as a planet and provides a history of its exploration. About two-thirds of the book describes the Mars Orbiter Mission, the spacecraft and its instruments, and India’s space exploration program. [More at link]