W.Va. native has key role in NASA Mars robot

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Clarksburg native was part of the NASA team that helped put a robot on Mars.

Steven Mikes is a senior engineer with the avionics and flight systems of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Valencia, Calif. He helped design the Curiosity rover that landed on Mars on Monday.

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