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Nasa’s helicopter ‘safe and healthy’ as it prepares for Mars flight

Category: Technology
Duration: 00:06:37
Publish Date: 2021-04-12 12:00:24
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Nasa’s tiny helicopter it hopes will prove powered flight on another world is possible is gearing up for its first attempt to take to the Martian skies. Ingenuity had been scheduled to fly on Monday but a tech issue during a rotor test means the Nasa team is now hoping for a Wednesday launch at the earliest. Plus, more than half of children think gaming should be part of the school curriculum, but parents aren’t so sure, Nintendo warns of a possible stock shortage of Switch consoles this year and, with the help of robotics, transforming a Transformer has finally got easier.

 

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