Colorado companies help NASA with its Mars helicopter
Historic Mars helicopter mission, supported by Colorado companies, earns praise after successful flight The helicopter reached a height of just 10 feet, but managed to hover in the thin atmosphere for 30 seconds before landing. Author: Tom Roeder (Denver Gazette) Published: 1:12 PM MDT April 19, 2021 Updated: 1:12 PM MDT April 19, 2021 COLORADO, USA — The first flight of an aircraft on Mars was praised Monday morning by the Colorado Springs-based Space Foundation. The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, a drone managed by NASA crews on Earth that compl...
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