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Milwaukee Native Helps Perseverance Rover Capture Images Of Mars – Wisconsin Public Radio News

February 18 — the day NASA’s Perseverance Rover landed on Mars — was an emotional rollercoaster of a day for Darian Dixon.

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February 18 the day NASAs Perseverance Rover landed on Mars was an emotional rollercoaster of a day for Darian Dixon.
The landing is the most dangerous part of Perseverances mission to take detailed pictures to help scientists search for evidence of life on the red planet. Dixon, who as the Mastcam-Z data management lead is responsible for getting those images to Earth, anxiously watched the pivotal moment from home.
“I couldn’t take my hands off my face,” he said. “My eyes wide, tapping my foot,…

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