Bad Weather Postpones Ingenuity's 19th Flight on Mars - By Nancy_A
The first flight of 2022 for the Ingenuity Helicopter has been delayed due to a regional dust storm on Mars. Mission planners had originally targeted January 5 for the tiny helicopter’s 19th flight, but they needed to push back the flight when orbital images and weather instruments on the Perseverance rover indicated a worsening weather situation.
“Weather forecasting has become an integral piece of Martian flight planning,” wrote Jonathan Bapst and Michael Mischna from the Ingenuity Weather/Environment Team. “As weather forecasters, our job is to provide an evaluation of current weather conditions against flight requirements.”
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