Edwards Middle School Students Like Four-footed Martian Robots
It was the video of robots looking like geckos crawling on Mars
that did it. That's the catalyst that brought a gymnasium full
of middle school students to life during a visit by NASA Dryden
Flight Research Center director Kevin Petersen, astronaut Pam
Melroy, and local graduate Shelby Hagenauer, now a legislative
assistant to Representative William M. Thomas from California's
22nd Congressional District. Image right: NASA Dryden Flight
Research Center Director Kevin Petersen talks to Edwards Middle
School students on April 9. NASA photo by Tom Tschida. The
students, some 350-strong, attend Edwards Middle School on
Edwards Air Force Base, where NASA Dryden is located. Dryden
supports the school as a NASA Explorer School, one of a growing
number of schools around the country who are partnering with
NASA to achieve exciting learning projects. Petersen, Melroy and
Hagenauer each had messages of encouragement for the students.
The Edwards community is