Blue Dot travels to the red dot to take the early pulse of the Perseverance Rover mission on Mars. Dave talks to NASA/JPL Surface Operations Manager Jessica Samuels about how the overall mission is going after landing successfully on February 18, 2021.
Then Deputy Project Scientist Kenneth Williford weighs in on how the search for ancient life is driving the mission in Jezero Crater. Finally, Ingenuity helicopter guidance and control engineer Johnny Lam joins us to talk about the first powered flights on another world!