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Mars Helicopter Team Prepares for Test

Members of NASA’s Mars Helicopter team prepare the flight model for a test in the Space Simulator,

March 28, 2019

Members of NASA’s Mars Helicopter team prepare the flight model (vehicle going to Mars) for a test in the Space Simulator, a 25-foot-wide (7.62-meter-wide) vacuum chamberat NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. The image was taken on Jan. 18, 2019.

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