1-5-2004

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Ohio State Researchers Help Guide Mars Rovers – "We have landed safely on Mars and are working intensively to map the landing site. It was a great and smooth landing," according to Ron Li, professor of geodetic science in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science at The Ohio State University. Li leads a team of Ohio State engineering students working with NASA on the Mars Exploration Rover mission. The team is responsible for precise localization (providing exact ground location) of the Spirit rover that made planet-fall late Saturday. Mission data transmitted from Spirit is being sent directly to Li's Mapping and GIS Lab for processing. Team members include research associate Dr. Kaichang Di, along with CEEGS students Fenglaing Xu, Jue Wang and Charles Serafy.

Contact: Prof. Li, Geodetic Science.