Tracking meteors and spacecraft with the Desert Fireball Network
Dr\xa0Ellie\xa0Sansom, the\xa0program manager of the Australian Desert Fireball Network,\xa0is\xa0a mission scientist for NASA\u2019s Mars InSight\xa0mission and\xa0a member of Curtin University\u2019s Space Science and Technology Centre.
In this episode of the Space Connect\xa0Podcast, we talk about her exciting work on the Desert Fireball Network (DFN) and what secrets it is helping us unlock about our solar system.
We also discuss the role the DFN played in observing JAXA\u2019s\xa0Hayabusa2\xa0asteroid probe, as well as the recent fly-by of NASA\u2019s Lucy spacecraft.
Finally, we speak about the exciting possibilities of NASA\u2019s research on\xa0Mars and\xa0discuss what direction future research might take.