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NASA's Helios prototype spans new heights

By Mike Hanlon
June 04, 2004
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It has a wingspan longer than a Boeing 747, weighs less than 900 kg, incorporates 14 solar-powered propellers and it's the highest flying propeller-powered aircraft in the world. With its soaring profile and radical "flying wing" design, NASA's Helios prototype is set to revolutionise air-based communications platforms, the placement of low orbit satellites and even unmanned flights in the Martian atmosphere.

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Mike Hanlon
As a photojournalist, Mike’s work has been published in a dozen languages across 20+ countries. He has edited or managed over 75 different print publications, each with a different target audience: sports, automotive, advertising, marketing, design, ad infinitum. Mike has been working in the internet for more than 25 years and was the veteran of five internet start-ups before founding New Atlas in 2002.
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