MIRSL alumna part of successful NASA Mars rover landing
Submitted by mirsladmin on Fri, 02/19/2021 - 14:00
Congratulations to Dr. Dragana Perkovic-Martin for the successful operation of thte landing radar for the Mars 2020 rover, Perseverence. Dragana led the system engineering team for the mission's landing radar, which is now in a pile of rubble somewhere in the Jezero Crater after the descent stage safely lowered the rover. Dragana graduated with her Ph.D. from MIRSL in 2008 and has worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory since then. You can see more about what Dragana has been up to in her Mars 2020 mission profile here.