UT Grad Designs Motors for Pathfinder (280)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.– A University of Tennessee graduate designed and built camera motors responsible for the stunning images from the Mars Pathfinder mission. Doug Petercsak, 1988 UT-Knoxville mechanical and aerospace engineering graduate, also did the work on the airbags that allowed Pathfinder and the Mars rover Sojourner to land unharmed on the Red Planet. “So far