An intriguing sample rocks the 10th International Conference on Mars, this week on planetary radio.

I'm Sarah Al Ahmed of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our

solar system and beyond.

All right everyone.

Let's not jump to conclusions, but NASA's

perseverance rover has collected a sample on Mars that has the whole Martian

scientific community buzzing. The rock sample, which is nicknamed Cheva Falls, shows indications

that it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago. As with all

extraordinary claims, we need some extraordinary science to back it up.

But how cool is that?

This week we'll visit the 10th International Conference on Mars where this finding was announced.

You'll hear from many excellent Martian

scientists including Minakshi Wadwa and Brandy Carrier, the principal

scientist and lead sample integrity scientist from Mars sample return at

NASA's Jeopardpulsion Laboratory.

You'll also hear from Ken Farley, Perseverance Project Scientist from Caltech.

Of course, this conference comes on the heels of a major announcement in lunar exploration.

The cancellation of NASA's Viper rover mission to the moon.

Jack Corelli, our Director of Government Relations, will explain what happened and why it matters.

Before we go, we'll turn to Bruce Betts, the chief scientist of the Planetary Society for

What's Up.

I'll ask him why organic compounds, like the ones that were found in the Cheyava Falls

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