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Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars (Prandtl-m) Airplane
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UnveiledJuly 2015
OperatorNasa Armstrong
Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars (Prandtl-m) airplane prototype was unveiled in July 2015. Credit: Nasa.
Prandtl-m is based on the Prandtl-d flying wing. Credit: Nasa.
The aeroplane will include a mapping camera and high-altitude radiometer instruments. Credit: Nasa.
Prandtl-m will send back detailed, high-resolution photographic map images of Mars to Earth. Credit: Nasa.
A prototype of the Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars (Prandtl-m) airplane was unveiled by Nasa’s Armstrong Flight Research Center (Nasa Armstrong) in July 2015. Prandtl-m is the first airplane planned to enter Mars by 2020. It will simulate the flight conditions of the Martian atmosphere.
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