Dr Abby: An Aussie behind the Mars rover
The Briefing18 Apr 2021

Dr Abby: An Aussie behind the Mars rover

Did you know an Australian is leading one of the teams behind the Mars rover?

Australian geologist Dr Abigail Allwood is the first woman and the first Australian to ever be a principal investigator on a Mars mission.

Perseverance is the fifth NASA rover to explore the Red Planet and it’s being sent with the explicit goal of working out whether there is - or has ever been - life on Mars. We meet the Aussie geologist helping to find out if there’s life on Mars

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