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Meet the Martians

Lisa Guan

Scientist

As part of the Planetary Protection team, Lisa has helped monitor the cleanliness of spacecraft going to Mars--like InSight and Mars 2020.

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Lisa Guan

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Won S. Kim

Robotic Systems Engineer

Won says that as an impoverished immigrant from Korea, he never dreamed he'd someday operate spacecraft on another planet and win NASA awards for his work on Mars missions.

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Won S. Kim

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Nagin Cox

Tactical Mission Lead

During Nagin's childhood in India, Malaysia, and Kansas, her mother supported her non-traditional path of becoming a NASA engineer. Now Nagin says every day exploring space is as rewarding as the first.

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Sarah Elizabeth McCandless

Navigation Engineer

Sarah says the job of spacecraft navigators is like serving as an "interplanetary Google maps." The day InSight landed on Mars was the "most unique and memorable" of her NASA career.

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Sarah Elizabeth McCandless

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Rishab Gangopadhyay

Flight Systems Engineer

As a former Civil Air Patrol cadet, Rishab's deep-seated passion for aviation and space led him to multiple roles with NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and its Curiosity rover.

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Rishab Gangopadhyay

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Doug Klein

Systems Engineer

While working on robotic and sampling systems for Mars rovers, Doug enjoys helping scientists achieve an "amazing road trip“ for rovers like Perseverance.

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Won S. Kim
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Behind the Spacecraft

Meet some of the team members behind the Perseverance rover

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Katie Stack Morgan
Deputy Project Scientist
Moogega Stricker
Planetary Protection Lead
Al Chen
EDL Phase Lead
Heather Bottom
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Michelle Tomey Colizzi
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Diana Trujillo
Phase Lead, Robotic Arm Science
Eric Aguilar
Technical Group Supervisor

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