Helios aircraft flight to 100,000 feet now eyed for August
NASA's unmanned, solar-powered Helios aircraft, originally scheduled to attempt a flight to 100,000 feet in May, is now tentatively slated to make the flight next month, a NASA spokesman said July 10. The aircraft, with a wingspan of 247 feet, has encountered a series of minor problems at the...
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