These motorless sailplanes could soon help explore Mars

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The vehicles will be equipped with flight, temperature and gas sensors as well as cameras.

, including three operated by NASA, that currently orbit Mars, gathering imagery and other data related to the planet.

"This is where all the exchanges between the surface and atmosphere happen. This is where the dust is picked up and sent into the atmosphere, where trace gases are mixed, and where the modulation of large-scale winds by mountain-valley flows happens. And we just don't have very much data about it."with a team of University of Arizona engineers to develop a motorless sailplane that can soar over the Martian surface for days at a time, using only wind energy for propulsion.

 

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