28 min listen
A year on Mars & the gift of space
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Length:
28 minutes
Released:
Feb 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
NASA’s Perseverance rover is celebrating one year on Mars. The robot explorer arrived last year after a seven month journey from Cape Canaveral in Florida. It’s on the hunt for evidence of ancient life on Mars and is tasked with selecting and preparing samples of Martian rocks to send back to Earth.
Released:
Feb 15, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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