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

[nvmind]

5:42 - Introductions
7:08 - Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for science, NASA Headquarters
12:04 - Jennifer Trosper, Perseverance project manager, JPL
18:32 - Ken Farley, Perseverance project scientist, Caltech
25:34 - Vivian Sun, Perseverance science campaign co-lead, JPL
33:02 - Olivier Toupet, Perseverance enhanced navigation team lead, JPL
40:28 - Q&A Section

[scienceskills]

It's incredible the point we have achieved. We are comfortably sitting at home watching what's happening on Mars when a "few" years ago we were not even able to know in real-time what was going in the world.

[cynthiahawkins]

'Space, the final frontier..' How right you were, Mr. Roddenberry. Best to all from New Orleans...

[bigjohn]

So what's happening with the RIMFAX Instrument we have heard loads about the other scientific Instruments but there is nothing about this ground radar instrument.
1) Have you turned it on?/tested it?
2) if so is it working?
3) if so to the above do you have subsurface radar images/returns?

[tedwaldron]

so inspiring, awesome teamwork, thank you!!!!

[ronaldoboecker]

SPECTACULAR, AMAZING, FANTASTIC CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OR ANYONE INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT

[hugodiazgarcia]

Congratulations to NASA`s Perseverance Mars Rover for offering us information and science results from the robotic scientist to collect samples for planned return to Earth!!!

[mykromacro]

Thanks for the update & look ahead. Good to know autonomous navigation works somewhere!

[mariasusana]

Eso es todo mijo el grupo es genial 😸😜🎈😸 te mando muchos abrazos

[tom_scaria]

I would like to buy that rover model...

[ralphmcneill]

Remind us why we are going to mars a barron rock strewn place with little atmosphere? It doesn't even have a football team...

[stevendurham]

If we take a rock from Mar's can we leave a rock from Earth ?

[giovacastro]

FELICITACIONES A TODO ESE PERSONAL QUE HA LLEGADO TAN LEJOS.... GRACIAS POR PERMITIRME HABER VIVIDO LA LLEGA DEL HOMBRE A LA LUNA Y HOY A MARTE.... HE TENIDO LA OPORTUNIDAD DE VIVIR AMBAS HAZAÑAS .... GRACIAS MIL POR DARNOS ESA OPORTUNIDAD

[dalisemeyers]

would it not be safer to analyse and keep stuff in space that belongs in space..maybe it can be checked out on the space station..which is where it can stay. Those guys would have to be monitored before return to earth after exposures. What you cant see may exist. Maybe the reason its desolate may still be there?

[davidnanninga]

I vote sedimentary stepping stones deposited in water, not volcanic.

[roko]

What abut UFO's no body ever mention if it is real or not, but they are very often in videos

[roko]

is the environment radioactive and how bad?

[RedcoatsReturn]

A lot about more things to do….after months on Mars…..nothing about results from work done 🤔 I guess no results yet.

[mattscott]

It is staggering that the lead of the AutoNav team keeps having to adjust his mask not knowing he wouldn't have to if he'd just put one of the straps above his ears.

[paulbrunton]

Brilliant work to you all, but you don't have to ware the mask, you need fresh air not used air from your lungs.