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Pathfinder: a Solar EV Airplane That Ate Altitude Records for Lunch, Without Any Pollution
10 Mar 2022 22:11 GMT
… in the late 1970s, NASA contracted the AeroVironment Corporation of Arlington, … scientific data.
But where Pathfinder, as it was finally … and relaunch as the upgraded Pathfinder Plus, this record was … was the ultimate goal of Pathfinder, safe to say mission …
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First in Flight: NASA Just Proved Flying on Mars Is Possible--Next Up Is the Solar System
08 May 2021 12:44 GMT
… the resounding success of NASA’s Ingenuity rotorcraft, … an engineer at defense contractor AeroVironment, who helped build Ingenuity … executive for Ingenuity at NASA headquarters in Washington, DC … exploration and part of NASA’s Pathfinder mission, paved the …
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AeroVironment Marks 50 Years of Achieving the Impossible
27 Jul 2020 14:28 GMT
… millennium with Helios and Pathfinder Plus. Today, AeroVironment’s HAPSMobile Inc. … life beyond Earth when NASA’s Perseverance Rover departs … Bob Balaram of NASA/JPL. AeroVironment began working on the … the 1990s and collaborated with NASA/JPL in the …
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NASA's Perseverance rover signals new era in Mars exploration - Spaceflight Now
29 Jul 2020 03:22 GMT
… NASA’s next mission to the Martian surface was Mars Pathfinder … from a company named AeroVironment Inc., the Ingenuity … sophisticated scientific instruments.
NASA has selected a robotic … differences between Perseverance and NASA’s predecessor Curiosity rover …
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HAWK30 Takes Flight - AeroVironment Achieves Successful First Test Flight of Next Generation Solar HAPS Unmanned Aircraft System
16 Sep 2019 14:32 GMT
… the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. AeroVironment partnered … the first time at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center … expertise and support from NASA’s outstanding team … . In 2002, the AeroVironment Pathfinder Plus prototype performed the …
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AeroVironment builds first HAWK30 pseudo-satellite
02 May 2019 01:40 GMT
… also in the pipeline.
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The solar-powered HAWK30 has … several HAPS aircraft for NASA, including the Pathfinder, which flew to 71 … president of corporate strategy for AeroVironment. “The ability to integrate different …
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Turbulence led to NASA Helios crash
09 Mar 2019 03:26 GMT
… long-duration flight.
The AeroVironment-built Helios prototype broke up … was a spanloader, says NASA, with loads distributed along … tests of the smaller Pathfinder Plus at NASA Dryden later this … developing better analysis tools.
NASA does not plan to replace …
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AeroVironment draws on high-altitude drone development to help make a helicopter for Mars
31 Jul 2018 12:32 GMT
… , AeroVironment has worked on several high-altitude drones, including the Pathfinder Plus … remotely piloted aircraft. Developed under a NASA program …
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AeroVironment in Development on NASA Mars Drone
06 Jul 2018 01:43 GMT
… , hub and control mechanism hardware. AeroVironment develops, manufactures and tests its … avionics, sensors, and software systems.
“AeroVironment’s deep, rich and diverse … like Pathfinder and Helios make us uniquely suited to collaborate with NASA …
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AeroVironment, JPL to Develop NASA Mars Drone
05 Jul 2018 23:19 GMT
… , hub and control mechanism hardware. AeroVironment develops, manufactures and tests its … avionics, sensors, and software systems.
“AeroVironment’s deep, rich and diverse … like Pathfinder and Helios make us uniquely suited to collaborate with NASA …