3D Footage Of NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Flying Above The Martian Surface Will Leave You Stunned
The Ingenuity helicopter takes off, hovers for a few seconds before zooming past our eyes to the right of the screen By Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Updated: 19 May 2021 12:28 IST
Photo Credit: NASA
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The rover can be seen flying across the surface of Mars
The video shows the flight in 3D
NASA shared stunning footage of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter taking flight on the red planet a few weeks ago. Now, the agency s engineers have rendered the flight in 3D and shared a video of the same on their YouTube channel. The helicopter takes off vertically, hovers for a few seconds before zooming past our eyes to the right of the screen. It then returns and lands almost at the same spot. The agency says that seeing the sequence was almost like standing on the red planet, next to Perseverance rover, which captured the historic moment and
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Just a few days ago, Okeanos Explorer, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship, has embarked on a 2-week expedition of the Atlantic Ocean. Its objective, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), is to test a new underwater robot that promises to revolutionize ocean exploration.
Orpheus, the submersible robot, has something in common with the Perseverance Mars Rover and the Mars Ingenuity Helicopter: a technology developed by JPL. A version of the “
vision-based navigation” that helped map out the Martian surface is now used to get a clearer layout of the unexplored ocean floor.
April 19
th saw what some have christened “a second Wright Brothers moment” namely, the successful first powered controlled flight by an aircraft on another world. Reaching Mars on the underside of the Perseverance rover, the tiny, autonomous Mars Ingenuity Helicopter (5.4’ x 7.7’ x 6.4”) spun its 4-foot rotors and hovered 10 feet off the ground for 30 seconds. By its third flight, a few days later, Ingenuity would rise 16 feet (5 m) up, and fly 164 feet (50 meters) at a top speed of 6.6 ft/sec (2 m/sec).
ABE PECK, Executive Editor, Inside Unmanned Systems
Back in 1903, the Wright Brothers logged 120 feet to complete the first controlled heavier-than-air powered flight. Now, squaring that circle, Ingenuity carries a piece of fabric from the wing of the Wright Flyer, and its flight site is called Wright Brothers Field
NASA s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Given New Scouting Mission NASA s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Given New Scouting Mission The next phase extends the rotocraft s mission beyond the original month-long technology demonstration. Now, the goal is to assess how well flyers can help future exploration of Mars and other worlds.
The fifth is planned in the coming days, then its mission will be extended. (File)
Washington:
After proving powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet, NASA s Mars Ingenuity helicopter has new orders: scout ahead of the Perseverance rover to assist in its search for past signs of microbial life.
The next phase extends the rotocraft s mission beyond the original month-long technology demonstration. Now, the goal is to assess how well flyers can help future exploration of Mars and other worlds.
NASA Postpones Mars Ingenuity Helicopter s Fourth Flight NASA Postpones Mars Ingenuity Helicopter s Fourth Flight The team plans to attempt the flight once more on Friday at 10:46 am Eastern Time (1446 GMT) with data expected back at NASA s Jet Propulsion Laboratory around three hours later. The helicopter is safe and in good health, said a statement. (File)
Washington:
NASA s Mars Ingenuity helicopter missed its fourth scheduled flight on Thursday, with the space agency blaming a software glitch and vowing to try again the next day. The helicopter is safe and in good health, said a statement, adding the rotorcraft had failed to transition to flight mode.