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Two months ago, the Mars Phoenix Lander began drilling and collecting samples to learn more about what is contained below the Martian surface. Meanwhile, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been circling the planet to learn about Mars’s past. We’ll talk about what we’ve learned about Mars through these missions and what may come next as we explore what’s called the “most Earthlike planet”.

Guests

• Mal Cameron, Coordinator of the NASA Educator Resource Center at the Christa McAuliffe Planetarium in Concord
• Dr. Suzanne Young, research associate and adjunct professor of chemistry at Tufts University and member of the Phoenix Mars Mission