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ABQ tech co. helped outfit NASA's new Mars lander

NASA successfully returned to the Red Planet Monday afternoon with some help from a local aerospace company.

The InSight Mars Lander, which was built by Denver’s Lockheed Martin Space in Colorado and was the first probe to land on the planet in six years, used solar panels from Albuquerque’s SolAero Technologies.

InSight fell through the planet’s atmosphere from 12,000 mph to a landing on its surface at 12:47 p.m. Mountain time. It is capable of deploying two 7-foot solar arrays that are capable…

Source: The Business Journal

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