/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Landing of the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Canadian scientists and engineers available for interviews/

LONGUEUIL, QC, Feb. 16, 2021 /CNW Telbec/ - Launched in July 2020, Perseverance, NASA's Mars 2020 rover, will land in Jezero Crater on February 18. For the first time, samples of rock and soil collected on Mars will be sealed and stored for possible return to Earth.

These Canadian scientists and engineers are associated with Mars exploration.

    --  Dr. Tim Haltigin, Senior Mission Scientist, Planetary Exploration at the
        Canadian Space Agency.
    --  Dr. Chris Herd, Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the
        University of Alberta.
    --  Dr. Mariek Schmidt, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at Brock
        University.
    --  Dr. Richard Léveillé, Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth &
        Planetary Sciences at McGill University.
    --  Dr. Kim Tait, Senior Curator of Mineralogy. Oversees all Earth Sciences
        collections at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Media representatives interested in talking to Canadian scientists and engineers about the Mars 2020 mission may contact:

                    Expert            
            
              Contact

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                   Dr. Tim
                    Haltigin   Canadian Space Agency Media Relations Office

         Canadian
         Space
         Agency              
     Telephone: 450-926-4370

                             
     Email: asc.medias-media.csa@canada.ca

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                   Dr.         Andrew Lyle, Communications Lead, Faculty of
                    Chris       Science, University of Alberta
                    Herd

         University
         of
         Alberta             
     Telephone: 780-492-4204

                             
     Email: alyle@ualberta.ca

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                   Dr.         Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media
                    Mariek      Relations, Brock University
                    Schmidt

        Brock
         University          
     Telephone: 905-347-1970

                             
     Email: ddakin@brocku.ca

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                   Dr.         Cynthia Lee, Associate Director, Media Relations,
                    Richard     McGill University
                    Léveillé

        McGill
         University          
     Telephone: 514-398-6754

                             
     Email: cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca

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                   Dr. Kim
                    Tait       David McKay, Communications, Royal Ontario Museum

        Royal
         Ontario
         Museum              
     Email: davidm@rom.on.ca or media@rom.on.ca



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On February 18, media representatives can also watch live coverage of the landing on NASA TV starting at 2:15 p.m. ET.

More information

    --  Mars 2020: Searching for signs of past life on the red planet
    --  Planet Mars in numbers - Infographic
    --  Mars exploration

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