#MadeAtUCL Podcasts - Mission to Mars

In this episode, #MadeAtUCL goes to Mars! We hear about the incredible UCL work that is helping to send a Rover (and maybe one day even a person) to the Red Planet as well as what we might find when we get there. Act 1 - Prof Andrew Coates, Deputy Director (Solar System), at UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) talks about the Rosalind Rover that launches to Mars in September 2022 Act 2 - Prof Ian Crawford, Honorary Senior Research Fellow Dept of Physics & Astronomy, at UCL's Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences talks about possible life on Mars Act 3 - Dr Iya Whiteley, a Space Psychologist and the Director of the Centre for Space Medicine at UCL’s Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) on what it takes to be chosen as an astronaut to go to Mars Show notes and transcript on https://www.ucl.ac.uk/made-at-ucl/podcasts/s2-ep6-mission-mars Date of episode recording: 15/05/20 Duration: 36:40 Language of episode: English Presenter: Cassandra Martin Guests: Andrew Coates, Ian Crawford, Iya Whiteley Producer: Cerys Bradley

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