Is there life on Mars? Can AI help us find it? Dr. Vandi Verna from NASA has been "driving robots on Mars for the last 15 years", in this exclusive interview with ITU at WTSA-24 in New Delhi, Dr. Verna covers a lot of ground including how we are using AI and Robotics to search for life on Mars and beyond, and how has AI been accelerating space exploration and what the future looks like. Interviewer: Maximillian Jacobson - Gonzalez, Interview with Dr. Vandi Verma, Development Programme Manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory & Chief Engineer, NASA Perseverance Robot Operations, at the World Telecommunication Standards Symposium 2024 (WTSA-24), 14 – 24 October 2024, New Delhi, India. For further information please visit: https://www.itu.int/wtsa/2024