One year ago, Perseverance touched down on Mars. Sam Clegg (institutional principal investigator on SuperCam) and Nina Lanza (SuperCam co-investigator) relive the thrill of the landing, recap the rover's remarkable discoveries, and talk about exciting finds they hope are in the mission's future.
On Perseverance's Martian "landiversary," relive the excitement of the rover's historic touchdown and hear about the fascinating discoveries that it's made — and what it could do next.
Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration by JPL/NASA. With special thanks to Jennifer Talhelm, Laura Mullane and Camille Dickson.
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