Copy of Mars rover named after Italian astrophysicist

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 18 - A working copy of the latest Mars rover has been named after Amalia Ercoli Finzi, the first woman to graduate in aeronautical engineering in Italy and an honorary lecturer at Milan's Politecnico university, the European Space Agency (ESA) said Tuesday.
    "It's fantastic news, I'm really flattered and honored," Ercoli Finzi told ANSA after the Turin-based model that will simulate all the rover's actual moves on the red planet was named after her.
    The ESA rover itself has been named after DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin. (ANSA).