Janet Ivey

President of Explore Mars, Inc.

Janet Ivey is the creator and CEO of Janet's Planet, Inc. and the President of Explore Mars, Inc. She is a citizen astronaut candidate for Space for Humanity and an award-winning science educator with 12 Regional Emmy Awards and five Gracie Allen Awards, and she is a guardian and shepherdess of the next generation of space explorers. 

Latest articles by Janet Ivey

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, shown here in an artist's concept, will become the agency's two newest explorers on Mars when they arrive at the Red Planet in February 2021. Both were named by students as part of an essay contest.

Why Persevere — to Mars? (Op-Ed)

By Janet Ivey published

In the year that is 2020, #WhyPersevere? Janet Ivey, President, of Explore Mars and creator of Janet's Planet, shares her reasons why Perseverance is exactly what we need now more than ever.

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