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the smithsonian's national air and space

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museum awarded its michael collins

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trophies for lifetime and current

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achievements with a ceremony at the

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museum's stephen f udvar housing center

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in chantilly virginia

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nasa's mars ingenuity helicopter team

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was recognized for current achievements

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in aerospace and technology i think this

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truly demonstrates the power of what

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nasa can do and does

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and frankly what this nation does when

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we have a challenge ingenuity rode to

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the surface of mars attached to the

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belly of the perseverance rover on

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february 18 2021. altimeter data

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confirmed and several weeks later on

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april 19th the rotorcraft achieved the

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very first powered controlled flight on

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another planet first flight of a powered

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aircraft another planet

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while ingenuity arrived on mars as a

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technology demonstration nasa has

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extended flight operations through

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september the historic rotorcraft has

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successfully completed 23 flights and

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counting and will continue supporting

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the perseverance rover's upcoming

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science campaign exploring the ancient

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river delta of jezreel crater along the

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way it will continue pushing its own

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capabilities to help inform the design

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of future mars aerial vehicles

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i am so excited to be here

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the smithsonian also honored wally funk

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with the lifetime achievement award

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wally funk and 12 other women pilots

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underwent space flight training in the

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60s as part of an unofficial program

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even outperforming the men but were

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denied the chance to fly wally never

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abandoned her dream of going to space

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and at 82 years old that dream came true

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when she launched aboard the first crude

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sub-orbital mission of blue origin's new

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shepard capsule a pioneer like wally

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funk will be the first woman