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NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Seek Signs Of Mars Life; Perseid Meteors Aug. 11-12

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Dr. Kent Montgomery, head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Texas A&M-Commerce, relates plans for NASA's Perserverance rover, which will land on Mars on February 18 of next year and seek signs of microscopic life from the planet's ancient history.  Kent also discusses the annual Perseid meteor shower, which will be at its peak on Tuesday and Wednesday nights, August 11-12.

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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