With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect, ...

"With six helicopters, Skyfall offers a low-cost solution that multiplies the range we would cover, the data we would collect ...

In an exciting development, the plucky helicopter has now inspired Skyfall, a mission concept recently unveiled by Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), who ...

In December, NASA unveiled another concept: an SUV-sized “ Mars Chopper ” with six rotor blades. This larger helicopter would ...

The aerospace technology firm on Thursday unveiled the concept, which it described as a system for potential future ...

AeroVironment, in collaboration with NASA, introduced a new Mars helicopter for exploration, Skyfall. The concept involved a ...

AeroVironment and NASA's JPL have shown off a wild concept for deploying six helicopters above the surface of Mars.

While the duration of the Skyfall mission has not been revealed yet, its objective will be exploring regions that will ensure ...

The helicopters will scout the Martian surface to help prepare for a human landing on the Red Planet.

Skyfall is designed to deploy six scout helicopters on Mars, where they would explore many of the sites selected by NASA and industry as top candidate landing sites for America's first Martian ...

These helicopters will assist in scouting safe landing zones for future robotic missions and, crucially, America’s first ...