Meet Codi, the cutting-edge rover being tested in the UK as it gears up for future Mars missions! This high-tech explorer navigates challenging landscapes and collects ālightsabreā samples with precision. And did you know? Thereās a bit of fun on the sideāKevin the piglet, the teamās adorable mascot, is named after actor Kevin Bacon!
šø ESA – European Space Agency
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NASA will host a briefing to provide highlights from the first year-and-a-half of the Perseverance roverās exploration of Mars.
The rover landed in Marsā Jezero Crater in February 2021 and is collecting samples of rock and other materials from the Martian surface. Perseverance is investigating the sediment-rich ancient river delta in the Red Planetās Jezero Crater.
Speakers:
ā¢ Lori Glaze, director of NASAās Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters
ā¢ Laurie Leshin, JPL director
ā¢ Rick Welch, Perseverance deputy project manager, JPL
ā¢ Ken Farley, Perseverance project scientist, Caltech
ā¢ Sunanda Sharma, Scanning Habitable Environments with Raman and Luminescence for Organics and Chemicals (SHERLOC) scientist, JPL
ā¢ David Shuster, Perseverance returned sample scientist, University of California, Berkeley
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In this āOn the Goā episode of #EZScience, weāre on the scene at Kennedy Space Center with the rocket that will take the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter to Mars.
ABOUT THE SERIES: In our #EZScience video series with the National Air and Space Museum, NASA’s associate administrator for science Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen and Museum director Dr. Ellen Stofan talk about the latest in planetary science and exploration.
Learn more about the series: https://www.nasa.gov/ezscience