Mars Technica

Lexi Petronis, Joey Montoya
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Mars Technica

Could Jezero Crater hold the keys to unlocking an ancient and hidden past when life existed on the Martian surface? As NASA’s Perseverance rover heads to Mars to find out, we take you on board the spacecraft to learn more about some of its incredible exploratory technology from the scientists who created it. Come journey with us on an exciting podcast by Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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  1. Perseverance has landed

    EPISODE 1

    Perseverance has landed

    Our second season launches...with a landing! With NASA’s Perseverance rover now safely on Mars, LANL scientist Roger Wiens recaps about what's happened so far — and talks about what comes next.

    7 min
  2. First sounds from Mars

    EPISODE 2

    First sounds from Mars

    The sounds of Mars had never before been heard — until SuperCam. Audio of its laser zapping rock targets and wind swirling in the Martian atmosphere offer key pieces of information in the search for signs of ancient life on Mars.

    6 min
  3. Surprising first audio from Ingenuity on Mars

    EPISODE 3

    Surprising first audio from Ingenuity on Mars

    NASA’s tiny Ingenuity helicopter unfolded itself from beneath the Perseverance rover’s belly, powered up with solar energy, and took to the Martian skies. SuperCam’s microphone captured surprising audio from its flights.

    6 min
  4. Flash floods on Mars!

    EPISODE 4

    Flash floods on Mars!

    The first published results from the Perseverance mission offer intriguing insight into what the climate may have been like on the Red Planet. Once upon a time, there were flash floods on Mars.

    7 min
  5. One year on Mars!

    EPISODE 5

    One year on Mars!

    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.

    12 min
  6. Mars: 10 years of incredible discoveries

    EPISODE 6

    Mars: 10 years of incredible discoveries

    When the Curiosity rover landed on Mars in the Gale Crater 10 years ago, its mission — to determine whether the Red Planet was ever habitable to microbial life — was expected to last just a few years. More than a decade later, the rover is still going — and so is its collecting and delivery of fascinating scientific data. In this episode, Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists Nina Lanza and Sam Clegg talk about the major discoveries made by the LANL-developed ChemCam instrument on the rover.

    13 min
  7. What does a Martian dust devil sound like?

    EPISODE 7

    What does a Martian dust devil sound like?

    When a dust devil — nearly 400 feet tall — passed directly over the Perseverance rover on Mars, a team of researchers on Earth recorded its sound. This eerie whooshing was captured for the first time ever thanks to the microphone on the SuperCam instrument developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    12 min
  8. How a trip to the Arctic could help us find life on other planets

    EPISODE 8

    How a trip to the Arctic could help us find life on other planets

    A team of researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory recently returned from the Haughton Impact Crater in northern Canada, where they tested technology that could one day be used to search for life on other planets. Today on Mars Technica, we’re talking with Nina Lanza, a planetary scientist at Los Alamos, and Lisa Danielson, director of the Center for Space and Earth Science at Los Alamos, about their expedition to the Arctic.

    31 min
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Could Jezero Crater hold the keys to unlocking an ancient and hidden past when life existed on the Martian surface? As NASA’s Perseverance rover heads to Mars to find out, we take you on board the spacecraft to learn more about some of its incredible exploratory technology from the scientists who created it. Come journey with us on an exciting podcast by Los Alamos National Laboratory.

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  • Creator
    Lexi Petronis, Joey Montoya
  • Episodes
    15
  • Seasons
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2020-21 Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Show Website
    Mars Technica

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