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Halifax man helped Perseverance search for traces of life on Mars Millions of people cheered this week when NASAs Perseverance rover landed on Mars — including a Nova Scotia man who had a hand in creating the space explorer.  Social Sharing Greg Wanger was at NASA when he worked on SHERLOC, rovers eyes and hands on the Red Planet Posted: Feb 20, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: February 20 Greg Wanger keeps a model of Perseverance in his Halifax office. (Robert Short/CBC) Millions of people ...

captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> lehrer: good evening. im jim lehrer. on the newshour this tuesday, the lead story-- congressional leaders go to a white houseç meeting on afghanistan and pakistan. then, after the other news of the day, judy woodruff talks to marcia coyle about todays supreme court arguments on animal cruelty and the first amendment;ç ray suarez reports from the netherlands, where private insurance companies must cover everyone. >> old or you...

good morning. the jokes on him. david letterman takes shots at himself on his first show since going public with that alleged extortion plot. >> did your weekend just fly by? i get into the car this morning an the navigation lady wasnt speaking to me. >> as the lawyer for the man accused in the case says he has proof letterman sexually harrised members of his staff. what are we going to do? the white house weighs whether to send additional troops into afghanistan as the war there rag...

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being solved. >> im often concerned. we hear from the korean community that we dont care as much. i say to the korean-american community, we do care. >> reporter: she was remember as a business woman and civic leader. >> well be very, very pleased when there is a conviction and a sentence on this particular horrific crime. >> all i can say, thank you. they found that the person who did such terrible things. i hope she can be at peace. >> reporter: police are saying the suspect currentl...

going public with that alleged extortion plot. >> did your weekend just fly by? i get into the car this morning an the navigation lady wasnt speaking to me. >> as the lawyer for the man accused in the case says he has proof letterman sexually harrised members of his staff. what are we going to do? the white house weighs whether to send additional troops into afghanistan as the war there rages on. today, republican senator john mccain sits down with his former rival, president obama, ...