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NASA Prepares for First Ingenuity Helicopter Flight on Mars (News ) – PCMag AU
If everything goes to plan, Ingenuity could start flying next month.
An illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars. (Photo via NASA/JPL-Caltech)
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is readying itself for deployment as soon as next month.
The chopper, also known as Ginny, will soon make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Before the 4 pound (only 1.5 pounds on Mars) helicopter can make history, though, it and its team must meet a series of important goals. The copter requires an elaborate, nearly week-long…
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