Leonard David's INSIDE OUTER SPACE

Artwork depicts the three SkyFall Mars helicopters collecting data while flying over the surface of the Red Planet.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

Work has reached an accelerated mode in readying three Ingenuity-class helicopters for deployment at Mars by NASA’s Space Reactor‑1 Freedom spacecraft.

Slated for launch in 2028, SR-1 Freedom is the first fission nuclear-powered interplanetary spacecraft and is assigned the duty of dropping off the SkyFall entry capsule loaded with the trio of reconnoitering aerial vehicles at the Red Planet.

The SR-1 trajectory has Mars arrival of the SkyFall helicopters in northern spring to avoid dust storms.

For more details, go to my new Space.com story — “NASA’s SkyFall helicopters will ‘show us parts of Mars we’ve never seen before’, scientists say” – at:

https://www.space.com/astronomy/mars/nasas-skyfall-helicopters-will-show-us-parts-of-mars-weve-never-seen-before-scientists-say