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Mike Wall

NASA's '1st nuclear powered interplanetary spacecraft' will send Skyfall helicopters to Mars in 2028

A long rectangular spaceship in front of reddish orange planet.

Skyfall is happening, and it will get to Mars in a totally new way.

Last summer, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Virginia company AeroVironment unveiled their Skyfall mission concept, which would send a fleet of tiny helicopters to explore the skies of Mars.

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