NASA's SkyFall Mars Helicopters to Integrate Novel Antenna for Subsurface Water Detection

NASA's upcoming SkyFall mission will deploy three Mars helicopters equipped with a new flexible, fabric-based antenna. This innovative design, successfully tested at JPL, will utilize ground-penetrating radar to locate frozen water within the Martian regolith. This capability is vital for identifying critical resources to support future human exploration of Mars.

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