Mimi Aung – Spaceflight Now

February 21, 2019

Breaking News

[ February 21, 2019 ] Live coverage: First launch of the year from Cape Canaveral set for Thursday Falcon 9
[ February 20, 2019 ] Soyuz ready for launch with Egyptian imaging satellite Mission Reports
[ February 20, 2019 ] New Horizons finds Ultima Thule has an unexpected, flattened shape Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2019 ] Falcon 9 launch set for Thursday at Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ February 18, 2019 ] NASA orbiter spots Chinese lander on the moon Mission Reports

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

May 14, 2018

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

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.