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Meenakshi Wadhwa
Planetary Scientist and Isotope Geochemist, principal scientist for Mars Sample Return at NASA JPL, School Director and Foundation Professor in the School Of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University
Latest Planetary Radio Appearances
Possible biomarkers: Perseverance rocks the Tenth International Conference on Mars
NASA's Perseverance rover has made a groundbreaking discovery on Mars: a sample that may hold evidence of ancient microbial life. We visit the Tenth International Conference on Mars to get the details.
Martian rock collecting: From meteorites to Mars Sample Return
Meenakshi Wadhwa, principal scientist for Mars Sample Return at NASA JPL, updates us on the missions that will bring bits of the red planet back to Earth.