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New Mission Set for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

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Tom Patton
May 05, 2021
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NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has a new mission. Having proven that powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet, the Ingenuity experiment will soon embark on a new operations demonstration phase, exploring how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds.

"The Ingenuity technology demonstra…

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