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By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter –

Live coverage as NASA's Perseverance rover descends to the surface of Mars, one more step toward human exploration of the Red Planet. NASA says hundreds of critical events must execute perfectly and exactly on time for the rover to land safely. If the rover lands, it will search for ancient microbial life, study Mars' past climate and collect sediment for the first time that will eventually return to Earth.

When NASA's Perseverance rover landed on Mars Thursday, the journey of hundreds of millions of miles through space and the mission is in part thanks to the work of a William & Mary professor and his students.

SPA'S President and CEO, William Vantine, Appointed to Another Term as a Member of NASA's International Space Station Advisory Committee News provided by Share this article Share this article ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Dr. William Vantine, President and CEO of Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc., has been appointed by NASA's Associate Administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, Kathryn L. Lueders, to another term as a member of the NASA International Space Station (ISS) Advisory Committee.  The Advisory Committee, chaired by Lt. General Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Hans Koenigsmann, a vice president at SpaceX. KARIM SAHIB/AFP via Getty Images SpaceX's seventh hire, Hans Koenigsmann, on Tuesday said he planned to retire as vice president. William Gerstenmaier, a former NASA official who joined SpaceX in 2020, will take his place. In a staff memo seen by CNBC, Koenigsmann said working for Elon Musk was the honor of a lifetime. The SpaceX vice president Hans Koenigsmann, who was CEO ...