NASA’s SkyFall Helicopters at Work (Artist’s Concept)

NASA News reports that SkyFall will deploy three helicopters to Mars, each equipped with four instruments to gather subsurface radar data and near-infrared imagery of the Martian surface. The mission builds on Ingenuity's proven success—that helicopter flew seventy-two times over nearly three years—showing that powered flight is possible on Mars. This aerial perspective will help NASA's Perseverance rover team plan more efficient routes and identify better science targets. SkyFall is expected to arrive at Mars in December twenty twenty-eight.

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