Touchdown! The NASA Perseverance Rover Has Safely Landed on Mars

20 Feb 2021

After its 292.5-million-mile journey from Earth, the Mars Rover has successfully landed on Mars on February 18th. The rover has been on a nearly 300-million-mile journey since it left Earth over 6 months ago. Perseverance has an important mission, searching for evidence of ancient life and studying Mars' climate and geology, and will collect samples that will eventually be returned to Earth by the 2030s. As we continue to make incredible advancements such as this, our leading space, science and technology speakers share with audiences exciting insights into what the future holds. Check out some of these popular voices:

MIKE MASSIMINO
Former NASA Astronaut & Best-Selling Author of Spaceman

DAVA NEWMAN
MIT Apollo Professor of Astronautics, Former NASA Deputy Administrator & Director of the MIT Media Lab (effective July 1)

B. GENTRY LEE
Chief Engineer for Solar System Exploration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

ALLISON SCHROEDER
Hidden Figures Oscar Nominated Screenwriter

DR. APRILLE ERICSSON
Rocket Scientist, Technologist & STEM Educator

STEVE SMITH
Senior Astronaut, Stanford Engineer and MBA & Tech Manager

GUION S. BLUFORD
First African American Astronaut

LEROY CHIAO
Astronaut