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Mars mission: NASA’s diversity Perseverance pays off – Al Jazeera English
The mission shows the US space agency has made significant progress since its founding in the 1950s.
In February, NASA made history with the successful landing of a car-sized robotic explorer on Mars, and its counterpart: a small helicopter that more recently proved powered flight is possible even in the thin atmosphere of Mars.
Together this dynamic duo will unlock even more of the Red Planets secrets. The Ingenuity helicopter, a technology demonstration, is set to make a second, more complex flight next week.
Meanwhile, the Perseverance rover showed that it definitely has MOXIE in more ways than…
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