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Feb 2021
49m 47s

Mars Perseverance, with Jim Green, NASA ...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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We’re headed back to Mars – Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explore NASA’s Perseverance rover and its red planet mission with NASA Chief Scientist Jim Green. 
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