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Perseverance on Mars
Naked Astronomy, from the Naked Scientists
English - March 11, 2021 06:03 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsAstronomy Science Physics space science astronomy cosmology astrophysics rocketry planets stars galaxy telescope space boffins Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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AS NASA's Perseverance rover makes it safely to Mars, we chat to science writer Elizabeth Howell about the array of missions now studying the red planet. Also the European Space Agency's head of diversity, Ersilia Vaudo, talks about plans for parastronauts, and the UK ground station that relayed the first footsteps on the Moon gears up for the next big lunar adventure. Plus, find out who was right in the great US first-astronaut debate... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists