She is a geologist and a member of the science team. She has been involved since the design phase of Curiosity (years before it was built and launched) as it was sent to examine the geology (“areology”?) of Mars, and all the instrumentation is intended to sample the surface rocks, drill small cores, determine the chemistry, etc. She was involved in choosing the landing site as a place of geologic interest. She is similarly actively involved with the successor rover, Perseverance.
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