From left, Samuel Walowen, Zephan Samuel and Mitchell Miller test out a filtering device at the 4-H Robotics group meeting Tuesday at the Butler Farm Show grounds in Connoquenessing Township.

CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Members of Butler County 4-H Robotics club are planning for a trip to Mars.

They are conducting experiments to create technology that could sustain life on the planet, to submit to the Mars Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math Challenge hosted by the borough of Mars.

Samuel Walowen, 10, secretary of the 4-H Robotics club, said that after working virtually on STEAM projects with the group for about a year, its members are excited to work in person again. “We just started meeting again,” he said. “We all have projects to work on to survive life on Mars.”

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