Gravity Assist: A Dream, a Team, a Chance to Fly on Mars, with MiMi Aung

09/07/2021 27 min
Gravity Assist: A Dream, a Team, a Chance to Fly on Mars, with MiMi Aung

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he idea for NASA’s Mars Ingenuity helicopter began at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory with a team of dedicated engineers who believed in something seemingly impossible. MiMi Aung served as the project manager on the helicopter, which has now achieved nine flights on Mars. In this episode of Gravity Assist, she shares the history of the helicopter project as well as her secrets for leading groups of people to accomplish things no one has ever done before.

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