New NASA chief hopes to send astronauts to Mars ‘by mid-to-end of the 2030s’
21 February 2021 |
10:32 am
NASA Acting Administrator Steve Jurczyk remarks on the possibility of having astronauts on Mars at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, shortly after the Perseverance rover landed on the red planet.
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