Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
NASA-JPL engineer Al Chen is no stranger to landing things on Mars. In fact, it’s sort of the family business. Both Al and his wife have had the opportunity to land spacecraft on the Red Planet. Up next, Al will be at the helm as NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover makes its entry, descent and landing into the Martian atmosphere: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020
NASA-JPL engineer Al Chen is no stranger to landing things on Mars. In fact, it’s sort of the family business. Both Al and his wife have had the opportunity to land spacecraft on the Red Planet. Up next, Al will be at the helm as NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover makes its entry, descent and landing into the Martian atmosphere: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020
