Ingenuity Mars Helicopter cleared for further, farther, flying after landing on 117-second fourth flight
Vehicle to enter operations demonstration phase . Meanwhile SpaceX’s first crew return mission also sticks the landing Share
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NASA is so pleased with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter s performance that it will devise a new “operations demonstration phase” in which the craft will be tasked with “exploring how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds.”
The decision to define a new mission came ahead of Ingenuity’s delayed fourth flight, which eventually overcame software glitches to perform its longest-ever flight.
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NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter to Begin New Demonstration Phase
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has a new mission. Having proven that powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet, the Ingenuity experiment will soon embark on a new operations demonstration phase, exploring how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds.
This new phase will begin after the helicopter completes its next two flights. The decision to add an operations demonstration is a result of the Perseverance rover being ahead of schedule with the thorough checkout of all vehicle systems since its Feb 18 landing, and its science team choosing a nearby patch of crater bed for its first detailed explorations. With the Mars Helicopter’s energy, telecommunications, and in-flight navigation systems performing beyond expectation, an opportunity arose to allow the helicopter to continue exp
Mars Helicopter`s energy, telecommunications, and in-flight navigation systems performing beyond expectation.
Flight four will send the rotorcraft about 436 feet (133 meters) south to collect aerial images.
The fifth flight would send Ingenuity on a one-way mission, landing at the new site.
Washington: NASA`s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has a new mission. Having proven that powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet, the Ingenuity experiment will soon embark on a new operations demonstration phase, exploring how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds.
This new phase will begin after the helicopter completes its next two flights.
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Success of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter prompts new mission
Will investigate how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds.
NASA’s
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has a new mission. Having proven that powered, controlled flight is possible on the Red Planet with four flights completed, the Ingenuity experiment will soon embark on a new operations demonstration phase, exploring how aerial scouting and other functions could benefit future exploration of Mars and other worlds.
This new phase will begin after the helicopter completes its previously planned fifth flight.
With the Mars Helicopter’s energy, telecommunications, and in-flight navigation systems performing beyond expectation, an opportunity arose to allow the helicopter to continue exploring its capabilities with an operations demonstration, without significantly impacting rover scheduling.