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Testing Drones for Mars in the Mojave Desert

Charle davers

5 Dec, 2025

https://ift.tt/TaSqkRD Researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California monitor a research drone in the Dumont Dunes area of the Mojave Desert in September 2025 as part of a test campaign to develop navigation software to guide future rotorcraft on Mars.

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