14:08 27.05.2016

Groysman congratulates Ukrainian team of 'Mars Hopper' project on their victory

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Groysman congratulates Ukrainian team of 'Mars Hopper' project on their victory

Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has congratulated Ukrainian team of aircraft project creators for Mars 'Mars Hopper', which has been included in the list of six winners of the world Hackathon NASA SpaceApps Challenge.

"More good news! The Ukrainian team, which created the Mars Hopper project, won in the global Hackathon NASA SpaceApps Challenge. Congratulations on the winning and sincerely wishes of inspiration and creativity in the next projects, " Groysman wrote on his Facebook page.

Earlier, NASA official website released the information that 'Mars Hopper' won the Audience Award in the People's Choice category. A total 128 projects were preliminary selected in this category.

'Mars Hopper', created on the Hackathon in Kyiv, Ukraine, is a concept aircraft adapted for exploration of Mars poles and their environment, using dry ice from the surface of the planet as a fuel. Mars Hopper solves the problem in the category of Jet Set Mars, which provided for the development of the mobile device concept, which would allow exploration of the difficult Martian surface," the statement reads.

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