Raised in Northern Virginia and Washington DC metro area, she completed her bachelor s degree from Cornell University in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, and her M.S. and Ph.D from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Aeronautics/Astronautics.
Who Is Indian American Scientist Dr Swati Mohan, The Brain Behind NASA Perseverance Rover Landing On Mars Feb 19, 2021, 11:57 IST
As the world watched the new NASA rover touchdown on the Martian surface, it was Indian American Swati Mohan who virtually spearheaded the successful landing of Perseverance that will search for signs of life on the Red Planet. Touchdown confirmed! Perseverance is safely on the surface of Mars, ready to begin seeking the signs of past life, cheered Mohan, wearing a mask from the NASA headquarters in the US. The Landing was perceived to be so dangerous it was nicknamed 7 minutes of terror .
Meet Swati Mohan, the Indian-origin scientist leading NASA's Perseverance Rover Landing on Mars - Swati has been associated with the US Space Agency for quite some time and is very happy about this achievement.
Touchdown confirmed: Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan played key role in NASA Mars rover landing PTI
Updated : Feb 19, 2021, 7:23 pm IST
As the team s operations lead, I am the primary point of communication between the GN&C subsystem and the rest of the project, said Mohan
Indian-American scientist Swati Mohan (Twitter@ParveenKaswan)
Washington: Indian-American scientist, Swati Mohan, who leads the guidance, navigation, and control operations of NASA s Mars 2020 mission played a pivotal role in landing the US space agency s historic Perseverance rover on the Martian surface on Friday.
Mohan was also the first to confirm that the rover had sucessfully touched down on the Martian surface after surviving a particularly tricky plunge through the atmosphere of the Red Planet.