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Jaw-Dropping Video Shows NASA’s Plan to Deliver a Helicopter Swarm to Mars Without Landing
The helicopters will scout the Martian surface to help prepare for a human landing on the Red Planet.
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TH-57 Landing on USS Lexington Marks the End of an Era in Naval Helicopter Training
TH-57 lands aboard decommissioned aircraft carrier to join Museum collection as the U.S. Navy Navy transitions to the new ...
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Why NASA’s Skyfall Swarm Could Redefine Mars Exploration And How It Works
With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, ...
Remember Ingenuity? NASA’s proposed Skyfall mission takes it further in stunning video
In an exciting development, the plucky helicopter has now inspired Skyfall, a mission concept recently unveiled by Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who ...
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Video: NASA may deploy 6 Mars helicopters from flying mothership in bold Skyfall mission
The “Skyfall maneuver” is the core innovation of the Skyfall mission. Instead of relying on a standard, costly, and complex ...
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AeroVironment’s Skyfall Could Enable Future Mars Helicopter Flights
The aerospace technology firm on Thursday unveiled the concept, which it described as a system for potential future ...
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Wild new 'Skyfall' Mars mission would drop 6 scout helicopters onto the Red Planet from the air (video)
"With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, and the scientific research we would conduct." ...