In this image from Jan. 18, 2019, Teddy Tzanetos, MiMi Aung, and Bob Balaram of NASA’s Mars Helicopter project observe a flight test of a model of the Mars Helicopter.
In this image from Jan. 18, 2019, Teddy Tzanetos, MiMi Aung, and Bob Balaram of NASA’s Mars Helicopter project observe a flight test of a model of the Mars Helicopter in the Space Simulator, a 25-foot-wide (7.62 meter-wide) vacuum chamber at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Aung is currently the Mars Helicopter Project manager.
Aung, who has worked at JPL since 1990, was selected as one of the top 100 Women in the world by the BBC in 2019.
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Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech