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6 Things to Know About NASA’s Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars – NASA Mars Exploration
Ingenuity, a technology experiment, is preparing to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet.
Ingenuity, a technology experiment, is preparing to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet.
When NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021, it will be carrying a small but mighty passenger: Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter.
The helicopter, which weighs about 4 pounds (1.8 kilograms) on Earth and has a fuselage about the size of a tissue box, started out six years ago as an implausible prospect. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California…
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