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Saturday, July 21, 2012
Roving Mars: Exploration of the Red Planet
Steven Squyres, Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University, was the principle scientist behind the Mars Exploration Rover Project. He discusses the engineering challenges that had to be met in getting the rovers to Mars, as well as the scientific results obtained by both vehicles over more than seven years of exploration.
About the Lecturer
Steve W. Squyres is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. His research area is in planetary sciences, and he is principal investigator of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission (MER).
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