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Firefly Aerospace to build Mars atmospheric entry shell for NASA’s SkyFall mission

Firefly Aerospace has secured a $13 million subcontract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to develop a specialized aerodynamic shell for the upcoming SkyFall mission, set to launch at the end of 2028. The mission aims to deploy three helicopters into the Martian atmosphere simultaneously-a significant scale-up from past rotorcraft demonstrations. Firefly’s job is to […]