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America’s space agency, NASA, released a picture of a helicopter attached to the spacecraft Perseverance on the planet, Mars.
Pioneer
The robotic helicopter, named Ingenuity, is being prepared for the first controlled flight on Mars.
NASA said it could pioneer a new way of planetary exploration.
To pioneer is to lead in a new idea or effort.
A pioneer clears a path for the others to follow.
Early Americans who moved west to settle wild territory were called pioneers.
*This article has been edited and reprinted from VOA Learning English with permission from Voice of America (VOA) for use in English language materials.
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