Mars Helicopter Attached To Rover For Launch

Mars Helicopter
Credit: NASA JPL
CAPE CANAVERAL—A small helicopter flying as a technology demonstration with NASA’s Mars 2020 mission has been attached to the Perseverance rover in preparation for launch this summer. Last week, technicians working at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida—one of just six NASA facilities still open...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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