We're celebrating the legacy of the Red Rover Goes to Mars program, this week on planetary radio.

I'm Sarah Alahamid of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.

Over two decades ago, a pioneering collaboration between the Planetary Society, NASA, and LEGO created the Red Rover Goes to Mars program.

It was aimed at captivating the public's imagination with Martian exploration.

Today, we reflect on the program's remarkable achievements

alongside our chief scientist Bruce Betts.

We'll also be joined by two remarkable people

whose trajectories were forever altered by their experiences as student astronauts in the program during their high school years.

Courtney Dressing, who's now an associate professor in the Department of Astronomy at the University of California Berkeley and Abigail

Freeman who's currently serving as the Deputy Project Scientist for NASA's Curiosity Rover

Mission at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.

As we delve into their experiences, we'll uncover the program's profound impact on their lives and careers.

Bruce Betts will return at the end to share more of LEGO's involvement in space exploration and a new random

space fact.

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Here's Dr Bruce Betts, the chief scientist of the Planetary Society to tell us more about Red Rover goes to Mars.

Hi Bruce.

Hi, Sarah.

It's been 20 years since the Red River goes to Mars program and the student astronauts

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