This article was published on August 25, 2020

This Mars helicopter will be the first ever to fly on another planet


This Mars helicopter will be the first ever to fly on another planet
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The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is “the little copter that could” — this tiny vehicle could revolutionize planetary exploration. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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Ingenuity — The Mars Helicopter developed by NASA, imagined taking to the skies of the Red Planet. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter being prepared for flight. Image credit: NASA/JPL

This article was originally published on The Cosmic Companion by James Maynard, founder and publisher of The Cosmic Companion. He is a New England native turned desert rat in Tucson, where he lives with his lovely wife, Nicole, and Max the Cat. You can read this original piece here.

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