WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Here’s what NASA’s ‘Mohawk Guy’ is doing today

Back in 2012, a NASA engineer with a red, white and blue mohawk won over the internet. He became a meme, received marriage proposals from strangers on Twitter, and even got a shout-out from President Barack Obama. At the time, he was working on the Mars Curiosity project, but what has he been up to since then? We chatted with Bobak Ferdowsi to find out what it's like to be a viral star and what part of space he's focused on now.

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