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Prepping for a Mars Helicopter Test

Bob Balaram, Teddy Tzanetos and Havard Grip from the NASA Mars Helicopter project discuss test results.

March 28, 2019

Bob Balaram, Teddy Tzanetos and Havard Grip from the NASA Mars Helicopter project discuss the sequence of events for the day’s flight testing. The image was taken Jan. 18, 2019.

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