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2018-05-14 Science

731.

NASA will send a small helicopter to ________, in the first test of a heavier-than-air aircraft on another planet.

Mercury

Saturn

Venus

Mars

Answer: Option

Explanation:

NASA will send a small helicopter to Mars, in the first test of a heavier-than-air aircraft on another planet. The Mars helicopter will be bundled with the US space agency's Mars rover when it launches in 2020. The helicopter is specifically designed to fly in the atmosphere of Mars, which is 100 times thinner than Earth's.