NASA successfully tested Mars helicopter rotors at Mach 1.08 inside JPL’s Mars simulator chamber, paving the way for larger next-generation aircraft under the proposed SkyFall mission to explore more of the Red Planet.
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NASA confirmed in a blog post that it had successfully tested two Mars-bound rotor systems, achieving never-before-seen rotational speeds. In the t... [4099 chars]