NASA team conducting flight tests for future UAV that could fly on Mars

A team from NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., is conducting flight tests of a prototype for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that may soar over the landscape of Mars later this decade. The prototype glider, nicknamed "Orville," had its latest test in the skies over Oregon's Tillamook...

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