S27E22: Technical issues hit the Mars Perseverance rover

The Space, Astronomy and Science Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 27 Episode 22
*Technical issues hit the Mars Perseverance rover
Mission managers and engineers are working to resolve a technical issue which is affecting NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover.
*Was snowball Earth caused by an impact winter
A new study claims Snowball Earth events which cover the planet in ice for thousands to millions of years could have been triggered by an impact winter caused by a large asteroid strike.
*The astronomy of ancient standing stones
Scientists statistically prove that the earliest standing stone monuments of Britain, the great circles, were constructed specifically in line with the movements of the Sun and Moon, 5000 years ago.
*Next generation NASA space suit being tested in microgravity
While NASA’s new space suits for use of the lunar surface are still being developed and are now years behind schedule and over budget -- another space suit project – this one for use aboard the International Space Station has now reached the testing phase.
*The Science Report
Nearly half of the world’s migratory species now show population decline.
Magma flows into the dike beneath Iceland moving at unprecedented speeds.
Fossils of a 380-million-year-old fish discovered in the Fink River south of Alice Springs.
Skeptics guide to the Welsh big foot