NASA space robots are getting down-to-Earth missions

In mid-summer 1997, possibly on the fourth of July, a 35-pound wheeled robot is scheduled to begin poking around on an ancient Martian plain, broadcasting images of rocks and soil washed down from the highlands when water ran free on the Red Planet's surface. The scientific "take" from NASA's Mars...

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