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The #MarsHelicopter is back in flight! After a two-month hiatus, the rotorcraft did a short hop over the weekend so the team can check its vitals and knock some dust off the solar panel.

https://twitter.com/NASAJPL/status/1561853057423405056

1 posted on 08/23/2022 2:51:53 PM PDT by Ezekiel
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To: Ezekiel
Glad to see Ginny's back in business.

For her next flight, can we hope for more interesting terrain?

2 posted on 08/23/2022 3:22:31 PM PDT by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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It was chasing a black martian around


3 posted on 08/23/2022 3:32:48 PM PDT by al baby (Yes i know it was Gere )
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Wouldn’t it be due for an oil change after the first 140 million miles?


4 posted on 08/23/2022 3:37:16 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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5 posted on 08/23/2022 3:46:20 PM PDT by justme4now (Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it)
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Good to now that NASA can at least build little drone copters


7 posted on 08/23/2022 4:24:25 PM PDT by Pollard (Worm Free PureBlood)
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The helicopter that could.
Congrats to the team that designed, built and tested it.


9 posted on 08/23/2022 5:02:21 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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Wait….NASA admits green energy isn’t reliable??


10 posted on 08/23/2022 5:37:12 PM PDT by ealgeone
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Gotta say-I love me some Martian helicopter! What a grand achievement...:)


12 posted on 08/23/2022 7:32:01 PM PDT by rlmorel (Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
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