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NASA’s new Mars rover is about to spawn a tiny helicopter – The Verge
NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is about to deploy the Ingenuity helicopter, a small rotorcraft that will attempt the first-ever flight of its kind on another planet….
The mini Ingenuity helicopter aims to become the first off-Earth rotorcraft
Ingenuitys debris shield lies beneath Perseverance
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NASAs Perseverance rover is getting ready to deploy a mini-helicopter named Ingenuity on Mars. The four-pound, four-blade rotorcraft will attempt the first flight of its kind on another planet, and in the process, it will test a new mode of mobility that could transform the way we Earthlings remotely explore other worlds.
The craft is currently attached to the belly…
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