Sandi Gardner is proud of the U.S. space mission to Mars — as only a mother can be — after seeing her son, Nate, help to make the recent landing there a success.
While North Kingstown is a long, long way from Mars, she watched eagerly as the mission showed that a critical technology for the heat shield, which her son helped to test the reliability of, protected the Mars Perseverance rover during launch and landing.
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