Deep Impact - Science Communicators Impacting for a Smarter World - PODCAST 21: Abby Fraeman drives the Curiosity Rover on Mars as Deputy Project Scientist for NASA's JPL

PODCAST 21: Abby Fraeman drives the Curiosity Rover on Mars as Deputy Project Scientist for NASA's JPL

06/17/21 • -1 min

Deep Impact - Science Communicators Impacting for a Smarter World

Abigail Fraeman has the fascinating and enviable job in driving the Mars Curiosity Rover to test the geology and atmosphere of Mars. She is the Deputy Project Scientist for Mars Science Laboratory, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), as part of NASA. In this interview we chat about her research with the Curiosity Rover and the science it conducts on Mars, how she got into her work and also shares her advice for students thinking of STEM. And we discuss the muppets! podcast_abby_fraeman_audio.mp3File Size: 34004 kbFile Type: mp3Download File

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