Meet Swati Mohan, the Indian-American scientist who helped NASA land rover on Mars Meet Swati Mohan, the Indian-American scientist who helped NASA land rover on Mars PTI | Feb 19, 2021, 14:15 IST Indian-American scientist, Swati Mohan, who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of the Mars 2...Read More WASHINGTON: As the world witnessed the historic landing of NASA's Perseverance rover on the Martian surface, it was Indian-American scientist, Swati Mohan, who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of the Mars 2020 mission. Mohan also confirmed that the rover had survived a particularly tricky plunge through the Martian atmosphere. "Touchdown confirmed," exclaimed Mohan, who emigrated from India to the US when she was only a year old.