The Astronomy, Technology and Space Science News Podcast. SpaceTime with Stuart Gary Series 24 Episode 19 *Touchdown! NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars After a seven-month 472 million kilometre journey, NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has successfully touched down on the surface of the red planet. *A new model to predict galactic stellar production A new study suggests that massive galaxies with extra-large extended disks produce stars over longer periods of time than their smaller more compact counterparts. *Russia starts its 2021 rocket launch season off with a bang over Australia Russia’s first rocket launch for the new year saw a Lotos spy satellite fly into orbit from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome 800 kilometres north of Moscow. *The Science Report Australia’s COVID-19 national vaccination rollout is finally underway. Latest opinion polls show 64% of Australian want to get the vaccine but 27 percent are still unsure. Australians blocked from accessing news through their Facebo