Before You Can Drive, First You Have to Fly – S4E9

10/3/2022

On a Mission

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Before a rover can make tracks on Mars, it first has to rocket off Earth, speed through space, and then alight gently on the planet’s surface. Al Chen and Swati Mohan guide us through the many stages of a rover’s flight to Mars.

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Before You Can Drive, First You Have to Fly – S4E9

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