Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 130: I...

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Teddy Tzanetos shares his project management experiences and lessons learned from leading the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter demonstration mission, the first test of powered, controlled flight on another world.

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