
Think science and religion don't mix? Don't tell that to Mars rover scientist Rev. Pamela Conrad
CNN
Rev. Pamela Conrad has a day job as an Episcopalian priest, leading a congregation in Maryland. At odd hours of the day and night, Conrad works as a Mars Perseverance rover scientist.
By night, and at odd moments during the day, Conrad moonlights as a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Science in Washington, DC. A member of the tactical operations team for the Mars Perseverance rover mission, she is a co-investigator for two scientific instrument suites, acquiring and analyzing data, and collaborating in team planning, with colleagues at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and other scientific institutions around the country. By day, the 68-year-old is an Episcopalian priest, leading a congregation at St. Alban's Episcopal Church, in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
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