‘Firsts’ Achieved Since NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Landing (News Audio + Visuals)

Now that the Perseverance Mars rover is on the Red Planet, mission controllers have made substantial progress as they prepare for the robotic astrobiologist to hit the unpaved road ahead. Join us as team members discuss a series of “firsts” achieved so far, as well as a look at those to come.

The speakers will be:

Robert Hogg, Perseverance deputy mission manager, JPL
Anais Zarifian, Perseverance mobility test bed engineer, JPL
Katie Stack Morgan, Perseverance deputy project scientist, JPL

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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