Perseverance and the Martian Clock

from Spark Science Hosted by Dr. Regina Barber DeGraaff - Western Washington University

What is “Mars Time”? Are you excited about machines flying on another planet? Or Martian rock coming back to Earth? If you are curious about spacecraft on the Red Planet then check out our Season 7 Premiere featuring one of the best communicators in town, NASA Scientist and Western Washington University Geophysicist, Dr. Melissa Rice. We reference her Op-Ed “A Wright Brothers moment on Mars will expand our cosmic perspective” published in the Seattle Times in this episode. You can check it out here. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/a-wright-brothers-moment-on-mars-will-expand-our-cosmic-perspective/ Image credit: NASA -- Artist rendition of the helicopter Ingenuity flying next to the Perseverance Rover.

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