K12> Students take control of a prototype Mars Rover

Gleason Sackmann (gleason@rrnet.com)
Wed, 17 May 2000 07:32:14 -0500

From: "NASA Science News" <science.news@msfc.nasa.gov>
To: <gsackman@CLASSROOM.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 12:12 AM
Subject: Students take control of a prototype Mars Rover

NASA Science News for May 17, 2000

Students from around the country will take control of a
prototype Mars rover named FIDO as it explores a western
Nevada desert. The FIDO rover is a testbed for future missions,
including the proposed Mars Mobile Lander that is currently
under study for a possible launch in 2003. FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast17may_1.htm?list

<a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast17may_1.htm?aol">Heel,
FIDO, Heel!</a>
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