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  • World Wise Web Nasa's Curiosity rover parachute (Season 1, Episode 12)
  • Podcast Episode | 9 min | Documentary, Short

World Wise Web

Nasa's Curiosity rover parachute (Season 1, Episode 12)
Podcast Episode | 9 min | Documentary, Short

Aerospace engineer Dr Anita Sengupta led the team that developed the supersonic parachute which helped land Nasa's Curiosity rover on Mars in 2012. It's still on the Red Planet today, and its main goal is to assess whether there is, or ...See moreAerospace engineer Dr Anita Sengupta led the team that developed the supersonic parachute which helped land Nasa's Curiosity rover on Mars in 2012. It's still on the Red Planet today, and its main goal is to assess whether there is, or ever was, life on Mars. She tells 17-year-old astrophysics enthusiast Avantika, from India, how her love of space began when she watched a science-fiction show on TV. Written by BBC: World Service' (& Britrick_c21) See less
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Producer
Tasmin Barber (producer)
Composer
Nick Thorburn (composer)
Status
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Updated Mar 28, 2020

Release date
Mar 28, 2020 (United Kingdom)

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Anna Zanelli
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Anita Sengupta
Self - NASA aerospace engineer (as Dr. Anita Sengupta) Self - NASA aerospace engineer (as Dr. Anita Sengupta)   See fewer
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