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MMRTG Model Building Instructions

Build your own cardboard model of an MMRTG like the one on the Mars Curiosity Rover and the Mars Perseverance Rover

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Activity developed by Rachel Zimmerman Brachman

Layout by Gayle DiBiasio

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