He is senior research scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center and principal investigator on the Mars ARES mission.

NPR: Revisiting the Viking Missions to Mars

We're talking with Joel Levine, senior research scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center.

NPR: Revisiting the Viking Missions to Mars

Dr. JOEL LEVINE (Senior Research Scientist, Langley Research Center, NASA): Thank you, Ira.

NPR: Revisiting the Viking Missions to Mars

Let me point out that the Viking Project was developed and managed at the National Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

NPR: Revisiting the Viking Missions to Mars

Joel Levine is senior research scientist at NASA's Langley Research Center and principal investigator on the Mars ARES mission proposed some time in the future.

NPR: Revisiting the Viking Missions to Mars

The proposals are due April 1 of this year, and the Langley Research Center in partnership with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and with Lockheed Martin, with the Draper Lab and Aurora Flight Sciences, is proposing a robotic airplane to fly over the surface of Mars, about a mile above the surface.

NPR: Revisiting the Viking Missions to Mars