NASA's helicopter to Mars successfully completed its first historic flight

 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/world/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-first-flight-scn-trnd/index.html


    The first powered, controlled flight on another planet took place at 3:34 a.m.  It successfully completed its flight on Mars safely and landed back on the surface. The flight was originally scheduled for April 11, but plans shifted after a command-sequence issue was discovered when the helicopter went through a system of preflight checks with its software. The Ingenuity team received data on April 16 showing that the helicopter successfully completed its rapid spin test after they had made a tweak to the command sequence. Without the help of the Team, the helicopter flew for about 40 seconds through the thin Martian atmosphere. "We can now say that human beings have flown a rotorcraft on another planet," said MiMi Aung, Ingenuity project manager at JPL. The 4-pound helicopter spun up its two 4-foot blades, rose up 10 feet in the air, hovered, made a turn, took a photo, and touched back down on Mars.

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  1. AnonymousMay 24, 2021 at 5:55 AM

    Space flight is very interesting because there are so many things that are outside of this world that just haven't been discovered yet.

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