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NASA begins funding hardware for 'Skyfall' Mars helicopter mission

NASA's nuclear-powered mission to Mars is taking shape with the selection of Firefly Aerospace to design and manufacture the ...
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NASA’s new Mars mission will drop three helicopters from the sky instead of a traditional landing to search for water ice

NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a contract to build the aeroshell for its Skyfall mission, which is scheduled to launch to ...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Actually Breaks The Sound Barrier

NASA's next-generation Mars helicopter seen deploying from the Skyfall payload - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory NASA recently pushed the rotor blades of its next-generation Mars helicopter to Mach ...

Firefly Aerospace Receives $13 Million NASA JPL Subcontract to Build Aeroshell for SkyFall Mars Mission

Firefly Aerospace (Nasdaq: FLY), a market leading space and defense technology company, today announced a $13 million ...
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Firefly Aerospace To Produce Shell For NASA’s SkyFall Mission

Firefly Aerospace has won a contract to build the protective shell for NASA’s mission to deploy helicopters to Mars. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) handed the company a $13 million subcontract ...
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Firefly to Build the Heat Shield That Will Protect Three Helicopters NASA Is Sending to Mars

American space agency NASA selected Firefly Aerospace to design and build the heat shield for the SkyFall mission planned for 2028.
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NASA successfully completes second, more challenging Mars helicopter flight

NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity made history again Thursday with another epic Red Planet flight. This time, controllers on Earth completed a more challenging flight by climbing to 16 feet and tilting ...
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NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Blades Break Sound Barrier in Record Test

Ingenuity's little-helicopter-that-could proved that flight on another planet isn't just a one trick pony, but something that can be expanded upon. Enter NASA's next-generation Mars helicopter blades ...
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NASA's Mars Helicopter Actually Breaks The Sound Barrier

NASA recently pushed the rotor blades of its next-generation Mars helicopter to Mach 1.08 at its famed Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Pasadena, California. JPL is testing a high-performance ...