AeroVironment Joins NASA For Mars Sample Recovery Helo Development

Mars sample return helicopter concept.

Credit: NASA
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has awarded AeroVironment a $10 million contract to co-design and co-develop engineering units for a pair of drone helicopters that are to be part of the Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission. The multiyear MSR mission, jointly led by NASA and the European Space Agency...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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