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Taiwanese behind wheels of new NASA Mars rover
‘DECADES OF WORK’: Children born this year could see a human mission to the Red Planet during their lifetime, Yen Cheng said, adding that the only obstacle is money
Staff Writer, with CNA
When NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down on the surface of Mars on Thursday after a seven-month journey, a Taiwan-born engineer was preparing to guide its first movements on the Red Planet.
Yen Cheng (嚴正), a 61-year-old graduate of National Tsing Hua University and a 20-year veteran at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is taking part in his fourth Mars exploration mission with the agency’s Robot Interfaces and Visualization team, this time as its leader.
MOE recognizes people for efforts promoting ‘bentu’
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The Ministry of Education (MOE) on Friday held a ceremony in Taipei in honor of International Mother Language Day to recognize individuals and groups for their efforts promoting bentu (本土, “local” or “native”) languages.
The ministry has presented awards for outstanding contribution to the promotion of bentu languages to 156 people and 37 groups since the award’s inception in 2008, it said in a statement.
The awards are aimed at recognizing language diversity, respect and coexistence, and realizing the protection and equality of different languages, it said.
This year, eight people and two groups were selected to receive the honor, while a new category was created to highlight those who have dedicated their lives to passing down bentu languages, it said.
Image courtesy of Yen Jeng
Los Angeles, Feb. 19 (CNA) When NASA s Perseverance rover successfully touched down on the surface of Mars on Thursday after a seven-month, 480 million-kilometer journey, a Taiwan-born engineer and remote pilot was preparing to guide it through its first movements on the red planet.
Yen Jeng (嚴正), a 61-year-old graduate of National Tsing Hua University in Hsinchu and a 20-year veteran in NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is now taking part in his fourth Mars exploration mission with the agency s Robot Interfaces and Visualization team, this time as its leader.
In an interview with CNA, Yen described his expectations for the next few months, which he characterized as living on Earth in Mars time.