Resourcefulness Mars Helicopter flies once again as very first drone on Rose Parade float
A flower reproduction of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flies off the La Cañada Flintridge "Rover Rendezvous" float in the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California. (Image credit: La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association)
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, the very first airplane to accomplish powered flight on another world, is now the very first drone to fly on a parade float-- in the kind of a flower-covered reproduction.The floral-but-flight-worthy display screen was simply among the highlights aboard "Rover Rendezvous," a float in the Tournament of Roses Parade kept in event of New Year's Day in Pasadena, California on Wednesday (Jan. 1). Created in part to commemorate the accomplishments of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the float was construct...