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Drone Test Flight Over Sand Dunes
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About this work
A researcher from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California monitors a drone as it flies over sand dunes in September 2025. This image was captured in Death Valley National Park during a larger test campaign to develop navigation software that would guide future rotorcraft on Mars. The work was among 25 projects funded by NASA’s Mars Exploration Program this past year to push the limits of future technologies.
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Credit lineDrone Test Flight Over Sand Dunes. NASA/JPL, 2025-12-03. Public domain. ID: PIA26677.
