Wiens was selected for his pioneering research in planetary science and instrumental role in advancing NASA’s Mars exploration efforts. Wiens is renowned for leading development of the SuperCam ...

It helps us get a stronger sense of what Mars is like.” The microphone is not on continuously; it records for about three minutes every couple of days. Getting the whirlwind recording, Wiens said, was ...

And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that turns out to be a revelation. That’s what happened when Mars exploration expert Roger Wiens, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences in the ...

Roger Wiens and his older brother, Doug, spent part of the summer of 1971 building a telescope from scratch to observe the close approach of Mars. The two brothers from the small southwest ...