Indian-American Swati Mohan Leads NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission

As the world witnessed the historic landing of NASA’s Perseverance rover on the Martian surface, it was Indian-American scientist, Swati Mohan, who led the guidance, navigation, and control operations of the Mars 2020 mission.  Raised in Northern Virginia and Washington DC metro area, she completed her bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, and her M.S. And Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Aeronautics/Astronautics.