Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailNASA is to send a HELICOPTER to Mars. The remote-controlled Mars Helicopter is designed to take flight in the thin Martian atmosphere with twin counter-rotating blades. (Image: REUTERS)Mimi Aung, the Mars Helicopter project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said: "The altitude record for a helicopter flying here on Earth is about 40,000ft (12,200m). The Mars 2020 rover mission is scheduled to launch in July 2020 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida and reach Mars in February 2021. The rover is designed to carry out geological studies and ascertain the habitability of the Martian environment, NASA said.

Source: Daily Mirror May 12, 2018 00:50 UTC