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From more Mars exploration to buzzing a moon of Saturn, space helicopters are just getting started

Detailed price information for Aerovironment Inc (AVAV-Q) from The Globe and Mail including charting and trades.

The increase raises concerns for future missions.

Arlingtonw VA (SPX) May 04, 2023 - AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has been awarded a $10 million contract by NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to co-design and co-develop conceptual designs and engineering development units

The success of Ingenuity Mars helicopter, co-designed and co-developed by AeroVironment and NASA/JPL, lays the foundation for the development of the Sample Recovery Helicopters AeroVironment, Inc.

 AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) has been awarded a $10 million contract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to co-design and co-develop conceptual designs and engineering development units of Mars Sample Recovery Helicopter flight systems. Future efforts could include detailed design, build, and test of qualification and flight hardware. The helicopters build upon the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter design heritage…

The small aircraft would retrieve samples and get them off planet.

The Mars Perseverance Rover has reached another milestone after completing its last sample tube drop.

NASA's Perseverance rover completed its 10-tube samples depot on Mars on Sunday, Jan. 29. NASA's Perseverance rover completed its ten tube samples deposit on the Red Planet, collecting an astounding range of Martian surface so they can be examined on Earth in the future.

Landing securely on Mars remains a delicate balance of technical skill, mixed in with hard-earned luck.