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Mars helicopter

The Mars copter, a small autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with NASA's Mars 2020 rover, now scheduled for launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech

NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars to demonstrate the ability to fly in a thin atmosphere

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An unmanned helicopter shows the way to the Mars rover. Image: NASA/JPL

A drone helicopter will fly ahead of the Mars rover to allow it to travel further

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