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What Happened To NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter From The Mars 2020 Mission?

In 2020, NASA launched the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter as part of its Mars 2020 mission, hitching the small rotorcraft aboard the Perseverance rover. The craft touched down on Mars' Jezero Crater on 18 ...
New Atlas

Why send one copter to Mars when you can send six?

Hoping to push Mars exploration into top gear and do recon for a future crewed landing, AeroVironment has released its concept for a mission consisting of half a dozen autonomous helicopters that ...
EDN

New Mars 2020 rover equipment: over 20 ‘eye’ cameras, a core mineral drill, and lasers

The Mars 2020 mission’s rover is set to be NASA’s next interplanetary explorer, scheduled to make it to the surface of Mars sometime in the summer of 2020. In 1997, when NASA landed the Pathfinder, it ...
Houston Chronicle

Roxbury library presenting talk on Mars 2020 Mission

ROXBURY — The Minor Memorial Library in Roxbury is hosting NASA Solar System Ambassador William Cloutier as he presents a follow-up talk on the MARS 2020 Mission: “Six More Wheels on Mars” Sept. 29 at ...