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Meet the Martians

Katie Siegel

Mechanical Engineer

As a child, Katie remembers her father pointing out NASA/JPL scientists on TV documentaries and calling them "the best engineers in the world."

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Michael Fedell

Data Scientist

Michael views how work as helping people bring their exciting, novel, or "sometimes crazy" ideas to life.

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Rebecca Mikhaylov

Contract Technical Manager

Rebecca worked with two companies, in Switzerland and the U.S., to design and provide actuators—important parts for the Mars 2020 mission.

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Larry Matthies

Senior Research Engineer

Larry and his team have contributed to understanding how to find and pick up sample tubes the Perseverance rover gathers and leaves for future retrieval.

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Amanda Sheridan

ChemCam/SuperCam Operations Engineer

Amanda, an engineer for instruments on Mars rovers, has a one-word answer when asked what excites her most about Mars or space exploration: "everything."

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Daniel Glavin

Astrobiologist/Sample Scientist

The biggest personal challenge for Daniel was spending six weeks at a remote field camp hunting for meteorites in Antarctica.

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Behind the Spacecraft

Meet some of the team members behind the Perseverance rover

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