The Johnson Space Center scientist was tasked with helping guide the way for mission’s first cored Mars rock sample.
Related Articles
-
Mars Mission Shields Up for Tests
Protecting Mars Sample Return spacecraft from micrometeorites requires high-caliber work. Read More
-
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Provides Front-Row Seat to Landing, First Audio Recording of Red Planet
The agency’s newest rover captured first-of-its kind footage of its Feb. 18 touchdown and has recorded audio of Martian...
-
NASA’s InSight Records Monster Quake on Mars
Estimated to be magnitude 5, the quake is the biggest ever detected on another planet. Read More
-
A Martian Roundtrip: NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sample Tubes
Marvels of engineering, the rover’s sample tubes must be tough enough to safely bring Red Planet samples on the...
-
NASA Mars Ascent Vehicle Continues Progress Toward Mars Sample Return
The first rocket launch from the surface of another planet will be accomplished using two solid rocket...
-
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Mars Surface
Filled with rock, the sample tube will be one of 10 forming a depot of tubes that could be...
-
NASA’s MAVEN Observes the Disappearing Solar Wind
NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of a stream...
-
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample
The six-wheeler’s science campaign has laid the groundwork for the mission’s next major milestone. Read More
