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Through the Eyes of Scientists - Meet Rosaly Lopes

Source: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Published: September 7, 2010

Rosaly Lopes shares how she was inspired to help the exploration of space and how that lead to her role as a planetary scientist.

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