NASA Zeros In On Flexible Radar Antennas For Mars SkyFall Mission | Aviation Week

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Mark Carreau
August 12, 2026

scientist working on vivaldi antenna

A scientist at JPL testing an antenna for SkyFall’s ground-penetrating radar.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

HOUSTON—NASA’s planned Space Reactor-1 (SR-1) mission to Mars is tackling the challenge of providing its three low-altitude Ingenuity-class helicopters with flexible but tough antennas for their ground-penetrating radar systems Planned for launch in December 2028 with a fission reactor for nuclear…

Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America’s space program through news reporting.

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