We’re sending a helicopter to Mars! Traveling onboard our #Mars2020 rover, this #Marscopter will test our capabilities for controlled flight in the thin atmosphere of the Red Planet and could pave the way for future uses across the solar system: go.nasa.gov/2IhELF3
Just arrived in California at Vandenberg AFB @30thSpaceWing, my home for the next 65 days before my launch on May 5 on a @ULALaunch Atlas V rocket 🚀More: go.nasa.gov/2Fesgvt
Sunrise on Mars
Opportunity was built to last 90 sols, or Martian days. The rover has survived to see 5,000 days of exploration. Here, day breaks on 4,999. go.nasa.gov/2HkxUKM
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