Roger Wiens

SuperCam Principal Investigator, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Roger Wiens is a planetary scientist and Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He is the project leader for both the ChemCam instrument aboard the Mars Curiosity rover currently operating on Mars and the new SuperCam instrument, slated for the Mars 2020 rover.

Latest Articles

‘SuperCam’ Update: Multi-purpose Instrument Coming Together for 2020 Launch to Mars

Excitement is building within the SuperCam team as the instrument enters the final stages of assembly and testing toward an anticipated launch aboard NASA’s Mars 2020 rover.

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Latest Planetary Radio Appearances

Integration of SuperCam’s Mast and Body Units

Another Ray Gun Heads for Mars. We Hear It Working.

SuperCam principal investigator Roger Wiens shares how his new and improved laser-based spectrometer will help look for past life in Jezero Crater, while its microphone lets us listen to the Red Planet.

Remembering Neil Armstrong/ChemCam is Zapping Martian Rocks!

Emily Lakdawalla and Bill Nye the Science Guy join Mat Kaplan for a special remembrance of Neil Armstrong. Then we visit with the principal investigator for the first ray gun on Mars. Roger Wiens leads the ChemCam team that is using its powerful laser to zap and analyze Martian rocks. It’s just one of the Curiosity Rover success stories. Win a ChemCam bumper sticker and a Planetary Radio t-shirt in the weekly What’s Up space trivia contest!