Helios has successful functional check flight over Hawaii
NASA's solar-powered flying wing, Helios, had a successful functional check flight over the weekend, an 18-hour marathon that took the aircraft to about 76,200 feet. The aircraft, which is being funded and managed under NASA's Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology project (ERAST), is...
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