The Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars, or Prandtl-M, glider flies after a magnetic release mechanism on the Carbon-Z Cub was activated to air launch the aircraft. A team from NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, conducted the successful research flight.

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