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Books<\/a> – Articles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Books<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"The
The Design and Engineering of Curiosity: How the Mars Rover Performs Its Job<\/a><\/em>
by Emily Lakdawalla
Springer-Praxis, 2018

“If the Curiosity had a glove compartment, you’d find this book inside of it.”
Ashwin Vasavada, Curiosity mission chief scientist
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Read an excerpt on how Curiosity’s radioisotope power system works<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read an excerpt on how Curiosity’s drill works<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A second book,
Curiosity and Its Science Mission: A Mars Rover Goes to Work<\/em>,
is forthcoming from Springer-Praxis in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

(Exclusive of my blog archive at planetary.org<\/a>)
I am sole author on all articles unless otherwise indicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have written for a variety of publications including Sky & Telescope<\/em> (both magazine and website), Nature Geoscience<\/em>, Nature Astronomy<\/em>, the Houston Chronicle<\/em>, and BBC Sky at Night Magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Hayabusa 2 Touches Asteroid, Collects Sample.” News Note for Sky & Telescope<\/em>, Jun 2019. PDF available upon request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Similarities and differences in the landing sites of ESA\u2019s and NASA\u2019s 2020 Mars rovers.” Comment for Nature Astronomy<\/em>, Mar 2019. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038\/s41550-019-0727-x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mars: The Inside Story.” Feature article for Sky & Telescope<\/em> about NASA’s Mars InSight lander, Dec 2018. PDF available upon request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“NASA Will Attempt Its Eighth Mars Landing on Monday.” News article for smithsonian.com about NASA’s InSight Mars landing, 19 Nov 2018. html<\/a> – pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Return to the Iron Planet.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> about ESA’s BepiColombo mission to Mercury, Nov 2018. PDF available upon request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Drilling with Curiosity<\/a>.” Feature for American Scientist<\/em> about Curiosity’s drill, excerpted and adapted from The Design and Engineering of Curiosity<\/em>, May\/June 2018. DOI: 10.1511\/2018.106.3.148 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dig into NASA’s Planetary Data System.” Feature article for Sky & Telescope<\/em> about public space image data and how to process it, May 2018.
PDF available upon request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreword to Science Comics: Rockets<\/em>, a graphic novel by Anne Drozd and Jerzy Drozd, First Second Books, 2018. ISBN: 978-1-62672-826-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. A. Rathbun, S. Diniega, L. C. Quick, D. H. Grinspoon, S. M. H\u00f6rst, E. S. Lakdawalla, K. E. Mandt, M. Milazzo, J. Piatek, L. M. Prockter, E. G. Rivera-Valentin, A. S. Rivkin, C. Thomas, M. S. Tiscareno, E. P. Turtle, J. A. Vertesi, N. Zellner, “The Planetary Science Workforce: Who Is Missing?” Poster presented at the 49th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (#2668), 2018. abstract<\/a> – poster<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Portraits of Jupiter.” Feature for BBC Sky at Night Magazine<\/em> about Juno’s images and the amateurs processing them, Sep? 2017. PDF available upon request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Curiosity’s Discoveries on Mars.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> about 5 years of science results from NASA’s Curiosity rover mission, Apr 2017. PDF available upon request. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. A.. Rathbun, B. A. Cohen, E. P. Turtle, J. A.. Vertesi, A. S. Rivkin, S. M. H\u00f6rst, M. S. Tiscareno, F. Marchis, M. Milazzo, S. Diniega, E. S. Lakdawalla, N. Zellner. “The Planetary Science Workforce: Goals Through 2050.” Poster presented at the Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop 2017<\/a> (LPI Contribution No. 1989), 2017. abstract<\/a> – poster<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Pluto Is Not the End<\/a>.” Opinion piece for Sky & Telescope<\/em> about New Horizons being the beginning of a new phase of exploration, not the end of the reconnaissance of the solar system, 2015. Reposted online 14 Jul 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Here’s What We’ll Do in Space by 2116.” Feature article for nautilus.com, 2 Feb 2016. html<\/a> – pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Pluto at Last.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> looking forward to New Horizons’ flyby of the Pluto system, Jul 2015. pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dawn Arrives at Ceres.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> looking forward to Dawn’s science mission to Ceres, Apr 2015. pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The History of Water on Mars.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> summarizing 50 years of development in Mars science, 2014. pdf <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“China lands on the Moon<\/a>.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience<\/em> about Chang’e-3’s landing, Feb 2014. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038\/ngeo2083<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Secrets of the Kuiper Belt.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> on what we’ve learned about the Kuiper belt from its recently-discovered denizens, 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The day the Earth Smiled<\/a>.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience<\/em> about Cassini’s iconic photo of Saturn in eclipse, Jan 2014. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038\/ngeo2048<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“To the Moon with LADEE<\/a>.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience<\/em> about the NASA mission, Dec 2013. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038\/ngeo2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Tilting at Europa<\/a>.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience<\/em> about a new theoretical model to explain crack orientations at Europa, Nov 2013. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038\/ngeo1998<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Deep blue planet<\/a>.” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience<\/em> about exoplanet HD 189733b, Oct 2013. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038\/ngeo1965<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A river ran through it.<\/a>” “In the Press” article for Nature Geoscience<\/em> about Curiosity’s discovery of conglomerate rocks, Sep 2013. PDF available upon request. DOI: 10.1038\/ngeo1935<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Pummeling the Planets.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> about the theory of the Late Heavy Bombardment, 2011. pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Face to Face with a Giant.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> previewing the Curiosity mission to Mars, Dec 2011. pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Spacecraft Imaging for Amateurs.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> about space image data and how to approach it, Jan 2010. pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Ice Worlds of the Ringed Planet.” Feature for Sky & Telescope<\/em> about Saturn’s icy moons, Jun 2009. pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stewart, Emily M., and James W. Head. “Ancient Martian volcanoes in the Aeolis region: New evidence from MOLA data.” Journal of Geophysical Research<\/em> 106<\/strong>:E8, pp. 17,505-17,513, 2001. pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n