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Bringing Mars rocks back to Earth – Perseverance Rover lands on Feb. 18, a lead scientist explains the tech and goals – The Conversation US

NASA’s Mars 2020 mission arrives at the red planet on Feb. 18. On the rocket is the Perseverance Rover. The rover’s goal is to collect rock and soil samples to…

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Editors note: Jim Bell is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University and has worked on a number of Mars missions. On Feb. 18, NASAs Mars 2020 mission will be arriving at the red planet, and hopefully will place the Perseverance Rover on the surface. Bell is the primary investigator leading a team in charge of one of the camera systems on Perseverance. We spoke with him for The Conversations new podcast, The Conversation Weekly, which launches today.
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