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What We're Learning From NASA's Perseverance Mars Mission 1 Week Later

It’s been one week since NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars, and scientists are already learning so much from the pictures and sounds the rover is sending back.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Briony Horgan, a scientist on the NASA Perseverance team.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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