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Ingenuity Mars Helicopter flies again as first drone on Rose Parade float

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" Rover Rendezvous " is the first drone to fly on a parade float in Pasadena , California .

The 55-foot-long ( 17 -m) float featured an Ingenuity-like rotorcraft at its front and a six -wheeled rover made to look like it had been built using components from NASA 's two robots active on Mars , Curiosity and Perseverance.

The float's Mars Helicopter took flight at the control of two drone pilots who were on board.

He previously developed online content for the National Space Society and Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin , helped establish the space tourism company Space Adventures and currently serves on the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society , the advisory committee for The Mars Generation and leadership board of For All Moonkind . In 2009 , he was inducted into the U.S. Space Camp Hall of Fame in Huntsville , Alabama . In 2021 , he was honored by the American Astronautical Society with the Ordway Award for Sustained Excellence in Spaceflight History..