NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Team to Discuss Early Science, Sample Collection (News Briefing)

Members from NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover team will discuss early science results from the robotic scientist and its preparations to collect the first-ever Martian samples for planned return to Earth. A key objective for Perseverance’s mission to Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. Speakers: • Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for science, NASA Headquarters • Jennifer Trosper, Perseverance project manager, JPL • Olivier Toupet, Perseverance enhanced navigation team lead, JPL • Ken Farley, Perseverance project scientist, Caltech • Vivian Sun, Perseverance science campaign co-lead, JPL