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SolAero makes history with solar panel that powered first successful flight on Mars

SolAero Technologies Corp. was a part of history on Monday. 

The Albuquerque-based solar cells and panels company led the charge in creating and manufacturing the solar panel that facilitated the first ever powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth, according to a news release.

Ingenuity – a 19.3-inch-tall, 4-pound helicopter that touched down on Mars in mid-February with the Perseverance rover – successfully took off and landed on the Red Planet at around 1:34 a.m. Monday,…

Source: The Business Journal

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