WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- NASA issued the following news release:

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Ames' Own: Wayne R. Johnson Elected to the 2025 National Academy of Engineering Class

Wayne Johnson, who in 2012 earned the highest rank of Fellow at NASA's Ames Research Center in California, is known worldwide as an expert in rotary wing technology. He was among those who provided help in testing Ingenuity, NASA's Mars helicopter.

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