Dr Akshata Krishnamurthy from India becoms the first Indian citizen to operate a rover on Mars, a mission that involves collecting samples to bring back to Earth.

• Indian researcher Dr Akshata Krishnamurthy took to Instagram to share her inspiring journey to NASA.
• She said she came to the United States 13 years ago with a dream to work at NASA and lead breakthrough science and robotic operations on Earth and Mars. 
• She did her PhD at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and was hired full-time at NASA. But it didn’t come easily as she had to knock on hundreds of doors to get hired.