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  • Two alumnae, team share NASA award for 'major milestone in the history of flight'

    Jul 13, 2022 11:30 am by Debra Levy LarsonAlumni
    MiMi Aung, alumna and lead project manager for Ingenuity, stands next to the trophy

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    • MiMi Aung, alumna and lead project manager for Ingenuity, stands next to the trophy

    NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team received the 2021 Robert J. Collier Trophy for 'the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet, thereby opening the skies of Mars and other worlds for discovery and exploration.'