The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3416: Flying on Mars
Engines of Our Ingenuity

The Engines of Our Ingenuity 3416: Flying on Mars

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 7, 20263 min

Episode: 3416 Viewing Mars from the Air. Today, flying on Mars.

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This programming is sponsored by St. Luke's Health is becoming common spirit while our name is changing the care You know isn't expanding our collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine We're bringing innovative expert health care closer to you learn more at common spirit org slash ST Luke's health This is the engines of our ingenuity made possible by the friends of KUHF Houston

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Today, Flying on Mars. The University of Houston presents a series about the machines that make our civilization run and the people whose ingenuity created them. The planet Mars is a mysterious place.

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Named after a Roman god, it's a planet that stimulates the interests of many scientists, engineers and dreamers. Mars was first explored by robotic probes in the early 1970s by both the United States and Soviet Union.

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