(October 17, 2006)--Scientists were excited when they pulled a 154-pound meteorite from deep below a Kansas wheat field.

But what also got them electrified was the way they unearthed it.

The team made the find Monday about four under a meteorite-strewn field using new ground-penetrating radar technology that someday might be used on Mars.

Essam Heggy is planetary scientist at the Johnson Space Center's Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston.

Heggy says when they find a piece of meteorite, each one is a new sentence they add to the book to understand the evolution of the solar system.

The expedition was put together by the Houston Museum of Natural Science and led by meteorite hunters Steve Arnold and Philip Mani.

JSC's Lunar and Planetary Institute, the Rice Space Institute at Rice University and George Observatory in Houston also sent researchers.

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