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Mars Helicopter gets a new name: Ingenuity

Post author By Alan Boyle
Post date April 29, 2020
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Picking up on a suggestion from an Alabama high-school junior, NASA has given an ingenious name to the first helicopter due to take flight on Mars.

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Tags 2020 rover, Helicopters, Ingenuity, Mars, NASA, Perseverance rover

By Alan Boyle

Mastermind of Cosmic Log, contributor to GeekWire and Universe Today, author of "The Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference," past president of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.

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