Students To Drive Mars Rover

Posted by jburk to Mars Odyssey at May 10, 1999 12:00 PM

Astronaut John Glenn and Bill Nye, the Science Guy, announced today an unprecedented opportunity for children around the world to join the first student team ever to serve on a planetary mission. This Planetary Society project will allow children hands-on participation in the operation of a Mars rover and robotic arm on the Mars Surveyor mission that launches in 2001.