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NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Are Moving Fast

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May 7, 2026 58 views
Original source: NASA

Description Engineer Jaakko Karras inspects a next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blade prior to supersonic speed testing in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. The three-bladed rotor hanging horizontally in the foreground is the...