Emerald Key News: During the first week of remote learning, the students in Emerald Key met with Mr. Eric Hinterman from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to talk about different types of careers.

He shared much information about his team’s research, Mars 2020.  It is a Mars rover mission by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program that includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter drone.

It was launched on 30 July 2020 at 11:50 UTC, and will touch down in Jezero crater on Mars on 18 February 2021. The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover, which looks for life on Mars.