Apr 19, 2021
A note from Talking Taiwan host Felicia Lin:
Dr. Jeng Yen is a NASA scientist and the “driver” of the Perseverance Mars rover. I initially interviewed Dr. Yen on April 9th. We spoke about how he was first inspired to join NASA by the first Mars rover Sojourner, what’s been discovered about Mars since then, the age of space exploration, the work of Mars rover Perseverance and the Mars helicopter Ingenuity which is poised to be the first aircraft to fly on Mars.
I spoke with Dr. Yen again this past Friday, April 16th and he gave me an important update on the Mars helicopter Ingenuity which has had to delay the date of its first flight on Mars.
We are excited to learn that on Monday April 19th Ingenuity has indeed made history as the first aircraft humans have flown on another planet- Mars! You can watch the first flight of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter live from mission control here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/p1KolyCqICI
I’m so pleased to be sharing my full interview with Dr. Yen on this momentous day.
Here’s a little preview of what we talked about in this podcast episode:
Related Links:
About Dr Jeng Yen: https://www-robotics.jpl.nasa.gov/people/Jeng_Yen/personFull.cfm
NASA Website: https://www.nasa.gov/
NASA YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLA_DiR1FfKNvjuUpBHmylQ
NASA on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NASA
NASA on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASA
NASA on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nasa
Watch NASA’s Perseverance Rover Land on Mars! (Full video and reporting on NASA’s Perseverance Rover): https://youtu.be/gm0b_ijaYMQ
Nasa Mars rover: Key questions about Perseverance:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53129281
First Flight of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter: Live from Mission Control: https://youtu.be/p1KolyCqICI
Sojourner NASA’s first rover on Mars:
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/july-4-1997-sojourner-arrives-on-the-red-planet
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/nasas-first-rover-on-the-red-planet
Info about the Mars rovers: https://go.nasa.gov/2QG5Uuo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_rover
Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars-exploration/missions/mars-exploration-rovers/
Mars rover Curiosity: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html
Europa Clipper: https://europa.nasa.gov/
Phoenix Mars lander: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/index.html
InSight mission: https://mars.nasa.gov/insight/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InSight
Who names NASA’s Mars Rovers? https://share.america.gov/who-names-nasas-mars-rovers/