Who is Meenakshi Wadhwa, India-origin scientist driving NASA's key Mars mission?
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NASA is planning to bring back samples from Mars by 2030. Indian-origin scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa is leading the crucial Mars Sample Return (MSR). Wadhwa hails from Chandigarh and currently works as a planetary scientist at the School of Earth and Space Exploration, at Arizona State University. She also has an asteroid "8356 Wadhwa" named in recognition of her contributions.