Get to know some of the diverse engineers and scientists working on NASA's next Mars rover, Perseverance. Katie Stack Morgan is one of the mission's deputy project scientists. Join our conversation to find out more about her work looking for signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, and the path she took to get where she is. We'll be taking your questions live from the chat.

The team is on track to launch Perseverance in July 2020 and land in Mars' Jezero Crater in February 2021.

For more information on the Mars 2020 mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/

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