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NASA helicopter brought a piece of the Wright brothers’ plane to Mars – CNET
NASA is gearing up for a dramatic Mars test flight of Ingenuity as soon as April 8.
The Ingenuity helicopter sits exposed under the belly of the Perseverance rover on Mars.
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NASA has traced the lineage of its innovative Ingenuity Mars helicopter all the way back to Orville and Wilbur Wright’s historic first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903. A tiny piece of fabric from the famous Wright aircraft is now in residence on the red planet, tucked under Ingenuity’s solar panel.
In a NASA briefing on Tuesday, Ingenuity chief engineer Bob Balaram revealed the surprise package,…
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