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Ingenuity helicopter poised for first-ever flight on Mars – Al Jazeera English
The high point of Ingenuity’s coming of age story is about to begin.
Like a plucky character in a childrens book, NASAs intrepid four-pound helicopter has survived a long, perilous journey to reach the rocky bottom of Mars Jezero Crater. There it will attempt what has never been tried before: flying on another planet.
The four-foot robot has already gotten through the rivet-wrecking vibrations of a rocket launch and overnight temperatures on Mars as low as minus 90 degrees Celsius (-130 degrees Fahrenheit). It detached itself from the Perseverance rover, straightened…
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