Jun 29, 2023
Dave Lavery, Program Executive for Solar System Exploration at NASA, takes listeners out of this world and on a journey across the surface of Mars. Dave is responsible for building one of the first flying robots on Mars, the Ingenuity Helicopter, which communicates directly with a rover on Mars to survey terrain on the red planet. In this episode, Dave not only talks about what it means to take flight on Mars, but also discusses NASA’s unique partnership with FIRST, an organization engaging kids in robotics.