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Perseverance rover pays tribute to 2018 Camp fire victims
Members of NASA’s Perseverance rover team react in mission control Thursday after receiving confirmation the spacecraft successfully touched down on Mars.
(Bill Ingalls / NASA)
Feb. 19, 2021 4:55 PM PT
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The 2,260-pound rover, built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, carried silicon chips inscribed with the names of nearly 11 million people from around the world, including the 85 who died in the 2018 Camp fire in and around Paradise, Calif.
Jerry Stoces, a former NASA employee, helped arrange the memorial for victims of the Camp fire, which was ignited by a faulty Pacific Gas & Electric transmission line.