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The rise and fall of the rivers of Mars Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Sciences, Imperial College, London NASA Perseverance Mars mission

15th September 2021 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

The rise and fall of the rivers of Mars
Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Sciences, Imperial College, London
NASA Perseverance Mars mission

8pm, Wednesday 15 September 2021

Professor Sanjeev Gupta hit the news by helping to land NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars from his room above a hairdresser’s in
Ladywell.

Normally, he would have been at NASA HQ but the pandemic kept him in SE London.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9305587/How-NASA-scientists-working-home-LEWISHAM.html

Professor Gupta will present about the rivers, water and geology of Mars from his work on the Perseverance space rover mission.

RSVP – To join this online meeting please email qwag@qwag.org.uk and joining details will be sent out ahead of the meeting.

Mars Perseverance Sol 178: Right Navigation Camera (Navcam).
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Date:
15th September 2021
Time:
8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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