Martian rock collecting: From meteorites to Mars Sample Return

Exciting updates to the plans to return samples from Mars to Earth are underway. Meenakshi Wadhwa, principal scientist for Mars Sample Return at NASA JPL, shares what we have learned from our studies of Martian meteorites and fills us in on the upcoming Mars Sample Return missions. Stick around for our review of the night sky and a look back at this week in space history in What’s Up with Bruce Betts.  Discover more at: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/2023-martian-rock-collecting See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.