Mimi Aung – Spaceflight Now

August 5, 2025

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Helicopter to accompany NASA’s next Mars rover to Red Planet

May 14, 2018 Stephen Clark

A flying drone fitted with counter-rotating blades, on-board autonomy, and a lightweight carbon-fiber fuselage will ride to the Red Planet with NASA’s Mars 2020 mission, officials announced Friday.

Q&A with Mimi Aung, Mars Helicopter project manager at JPL (members only)

May 14, 2018 Stephen Clark

Mimi Aung leads a cadre of engineers developing the Mars Helicopter, an aerial drone set to fly to the Red Planet with the Mars 2020 rover.