Purdue Scientist Discusses Role in NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover | Briony Horgan
Apr 29, 2021•18 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
An Associate Professor of Planetary Science at Purdue University, Briony Horgan is also one of the tactical science leads for NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover. She is examining the Mars landscape through a rover camera called Mastcam-Z - which she helped design for this mission.
Talk about a Boilermaker who is taking Giant Leaps!
Listen in as Briony discusses what the team of scientists on this mission is looking for on the Red Planet, and what being a part of Purdue’s community means to her.
