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Students Virtually Meet Mars Rover Team

Twenty students – along with their parents, teachers, and classmates – met virtually with Mars rover team members at JPL, where they received personalized messages beamed from NASA’s Perseverance rover as part of the “You’ve Got Perseverance” campaign.

February 16, 2022

Twenty students – along with their parents, teachers, and classmates – met virtually with Mars rover team members at JPL, where they received personalized messages beamed from NASA’s Perseverance rover as part of the “You’ve Got Perseverance” campaign.

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