{CaptionsBy}    InDyne, Inc.

{LastEditor}    Anita Barrett

{ScannedBy}     Seven/Still Photo Imaging

{author}        NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{date}          09-Mar-2000

{description}   Students test their robots in practice sessions before the start
                of the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and
                Technology) Southeast Regional competition March 9-11 at the KSC
                Visitor Complex. Teams of high school students are testing the
                limits of their imagination using robots they have designed, with
                the support of business and engineering professionals and
                corporate sponsors, to compete in a technological battle against
                other schools' robots. Of the 30 high school teams competing at
                KSC, 16 are Florida teams co-sponsored by NASA and KSC
                contractors. Local high schools participating are Astronaut,
                Bayside, Cocoa Beach, Eau Gallie, Melbourne, Melbourne Central
                Catholic, Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite, and Titusville.

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{number}        KSC-00PP-0320

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{title}         Teams practice for the FIRST competition

{type}          Image

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