Roving on Mars – searching for ancient life

Roving on Mars in search for evidence of ancient life: the Curiosity and Perseverance rovers

In this lecture we discovered how current and a new generation of rovers are exploring the Red Planet in search of evidence for life on Mars in its distant past: exploration that is a close collaboration of engineering and science. We heard from one of the NASA missions’ scientists and Long Term Planners.

In its eighth year, Tomorrow’s Engineers Week provides a unique opportunity for engineers, employers, universities and schools to showcase how engineers working in all sectors are on a mission to make the world a better place.

Professor Gupta from Imperial certainly demonstrated the way in which his team is doing exactly that!

Sanjeev Gupta, Professor of Earth Science, Department of Earth Science & Engineering, Imperial College London

We hope you enjoyed this live streamed lecture, part of our programme of events for the new academic year 2020-21.

image courtesy of NASA