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Off To Mars!

by Andee Sherwood

Published: Monday, July 27 2020 21:53

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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight (Artist's Concept) Credit: NASA/JPL

Perseverance Launch
Journey to the red planet.
July thirtieth!

Ingenuity!
NASA's first aircraft on Mars
propels excitement.

Andee Sherwood

"July 14, 2020 - An artist's concept of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flying through the Red Planet's skies.- Ingenuity, a technology experiment, will be the first aircraft to attempt controlled flight on another planet. It will arrive on Mars on Feb. 18, 2021, attached to the belly of NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. Ingenuity is expected to attempt its first flight test in spring 2021." (NASA)
For more information about Ingenuity, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter
Learn more about the Perseverance Rover here: https://www.nasa.gov/perseverance

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