{"id":17469,"date":"2021-10-22T20:37:21","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/mockups-of-nasas-newest-mars-rover-and-helicopter-will-kick-off-a-road-trip-in-seattle\/"},"modified":"2021-10-22T20:37:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T12:37:21","slug":"mockups-of-nasas-newest-mars-rover-and-helicopter-will-kick-off-a-road-trip-in-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/mockups-of-nasas-newest-mars-rover-and-helicopter-will-kick-off-a-road-trip-in-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"Mockups of NASA\u2019s newest Mars rover and helicopter will kick off a road trip in Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Virginia student Alex Mather shows off a mockup of the Perseverance rover at NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center in July 2020, while Alabama high-school student Vaneeza Rupani points to an Ingenuity helicopter mockup. The students won trips to the Perseverance launch as a reward for naming the two spacecraft. (Photo by Ken Kremer \/ SpaceUpClose.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seattle\u2019s Museum of Flight says it\u2019ll serve as the first stop on a road trip for NASA\u2019s full-scale replicas of the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter \u2014 display versions of the hardware that\u2019s currently at work on Mars, 242 million miles away.<\/p>\n

The SUV-sized rover and its drone-sized piggyback copter landed on the Red Planet in February, and since then they\u2019ve both been surveying the terrain of Jezero Crater, which scientists suspect harbored a potentially habitable lake in ancient times. The Ingenuity helicopter began taking on exploratory flights in April.<\/p>\n

The mockups are due to go on display in the Museum of Flight\u2019s Charles Simonyi Space Gallery on Oct. 30. Representatives from NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be on hand for the opening, which marks the kickoff of NASA\u2019s yearlong \u201cRoving With Perseverance\u201d museum roadshow.<\/p>\n

There\u2019ll be yet another rover joining the exhibit for the Seattle portion of the tour: the Museum of Flight\u2019s full-scale model of NASA\u2019s Sojourner rover, which played a starring role in the 1997 Pathfinder mission to Mars. The museum is also planning video displays of Perseverance imagery, plus special events about Mars exploration.<\/p>\n

The Seattle stopover for the \u201cRoving With Perseverance\u201d tour is due to last until April 3. Meanwhile, additional sets of mockups will make their way to other museums across the country. Here\u2019s the full schedule, as laid out in the Museum of Flight\u2019s news release:<\/p>\n

Venues to display full-scale models:<\/em><\/p>\n