Meet Swati Mohan, Indian-American leading NASA's operation Perseverance Rover landing on Mars Premium Dr Mohan emigrated from India to America when she was just one-year-old She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University and completed her MS and PhD from MIT in Aeronautics/Astronautics Share Via Read Full Story After covering a 203-day journey traversing 293 million miles (472 million kilometres), the American space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Thursday (local time) announced that its Perseverance rover has reached Mars. Among the scientists who are part of this historic mission, Indian-American Dr Swati Mohan spearheaded the development of attitude control and the landing system for the rover.