After nearly a year on the Red Planet, the Ingenuity helicopter is still spinning strong. 🚁 engineering
The Ingenuity helicopter was originally designed to conduct the first controlled flight on another planet and then fly a further four times before retiring.
The helicopter has now just completed its 21st flight, and is on the verge of completing a whole year of operations on Mars. What's more, NASAGet more updates on this story and more with The Blueprint, our daily newsletter:For its upcoming flights, the helicopter will essentially serve as an aerial scout for the Perseverance rover as it investigates an ancient river delta in the Jezero Crater, in its search for signs of ancient alien life.
"This upcoming flight will be my 22nd entry in our logbook," said Ingenuity chief pilot Håvard Grip at JPL in NASA's statement."I remember thinking when this all started, we'd be lucky to have three entries and immensely fortunate to get five. Now, at the rate we're going, I'm going to need a second book."
Ingenuity will help the Perseverance team decide which dry river channel the rover should traverse as it makes its way to the top of the delta. The helicopter will also capture images that will allow the team to assign specific targets of interest for the rover to investigate.The Ingenuity helicopter has gone from being an experimental flight machine to becoming a key part of NASA's mission on Mars. The U.S.
The Ingenuity team has made software upgrades allowing Ingenuity to reach altitudes higher than its previous cap of 15 meters off the ground, and also reach a higher airspeed. Ingenuity's next flight will take place on March 19, and it will see the helicopter travel 350 meters up in the direction of the delta.
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