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  • Alumna MiMi Aung on Time's 100 Most Influential list

    Jan 19, 2022 11:45 am by TIMEImpact
    MiMi Aung, center. JPL-CALTECH/NASA/The New York Times/Redux

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    • MiMi Aung, center. JPL-CALTECH/NASA/The New York Times/Redux

    Making a helicopter fly in Mars' low atmospheric pressure is no small feat, especially considering it has to pilot itself- communication latency between Earth and Mars makes direct control impossible. MiMi Aung led the team that made it happen.