Adriana Ocampo grew up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, dreaming about exploring planets. She never doubted that all her dreams would come true someday.
How did Adriana land a job with NASA, the U.S. space agency, while still in her teens? How did a robot parked on Mars make her fall in love with rocks—and instantly decide to become a planetary geologist? Adriana’s imagination and can-do attitude have led her to a life of science adventures. She helped find the missing Crater of Doom, a hole blasted out of the Earth by a "killer" space rock 65 million years ago, when the dinosaurs died out. Now she’s searching the world for the stuff that came from that crater. Between rock digs, she explores other planets through the electronic eyes of NASA’s robotic spacecraft.
Space Rocks is the engaging story of a scientist and her science. To tell this true tale of adventure, author Lorraine Jean Hopping drew on firsthand accounts from Adriana and her friends, family, and colleagues. How did an imaginative young girl with a dream of space exploration become a planetary geologist? The life story of Adriana Ocampo will intrigue and inspire readers of all ages.
