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Jul 2022
58m 17s

Flying with Ingenuity: the Mars Helicopt...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
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Bob Balaram and Teddy Tzanetos share stories of how the Mars helicopter came to be, and transport us on Ingenuity’s flights through dusty Martian skies. 
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