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Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. Last week, NASA held its annual day of remembrance to commemorate all those who lost their lives in the

Last week, NASA held its annual day of remembrance to commemorate all those who lost their lives in the pursuit of human space exploration – including the crews of Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia. To say that Ingenuity had a remarkable run is a bit of an understatement: The helicopter was launched as a technology demonstration mission, with engineers hoping to achieve up to five flights with the vehicle. The company’s VSS Unity plane took off from New Mexico’s Spaceport America carrying four private astronaut customers, whose names were mysteriously not disclosed prior to the mission.

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