Heather Reed & Pete Withnell

Heather Reed & Pete Withnell­ – Emirates Mars Mission; Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Currently in orbit, the Emirates Mars Mission Hope spacecraft will spend two years gathering crucial science data on the planet's weather and climate systems. In this episode, we’ll learn from engineering and management team members–and married dynamic duo–Heather Reed and Pete Withnell about the extraordinary international collaboration that made this mission possible and more terrestrial effects of the mission on their family.

*Intro and outro music by the artist, Broke for Free. (brokeforfree.com/)