The Ingenuity helicopter is expected to take to the Martian skies on Monday morning.
The small craft is part of a technology demonstration – a project that aims to test a new capability for the first time.
Data from the first flight will return to Earth a few hours after the autonomous test.
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NASA aims for historic helicopter flight on Mars
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19/04/2021 - 03:31 A NASA illustration of the small helicopter Ingenuity, which will attempt the first-ever powered flight on another planet Handout NASA/JPL-CALTECH/AFP 4 min
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NASA is hoping to make history early Monday when the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
The space agency had originally planned the flight for April 11 but postponed it over a software issue that was identified during a planned high-speed test of the aircraft s rotors.
The issue has since been resolved, and the four-pound (1.8 kilograms) drone could achieve its feat by around 3:30 am Eastern Time (0730 GMT).
Published April 19, 2021, 6:16 PM
NASA successfully flew the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars on Monday, according to data and images sent back to Earth.
This NASA photo obtained on April 18, 2021, shows the agency’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter right after it successfully completed a high-speed spin-up test, captured by the Mastcam-Z instrument on Perseverance on April 16, 2021 (the 55th sol, or Martian day, of the rover’s mission). (Photo by Handout / NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU / AFP / MANILA BULLETIN)
“Altimeter data confirms that Ingenuity has performed its first flight the first flight of a powered aircraft on another planet,” announced an engineer in the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as the control room cheered.
NASA hopes to make history today with first helicopter flight on Mars
The helicopter will beam back images to Earth and is expected to be broadcast on a live feed at 10.15am, Irish time. By AFP Monday 19 Apr 2021, 7:55 AM 2 hours ago 6,579 Views 19 Comments
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Image: AP/PA Images
NASA HOPES TO make history today when the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
The space agency had originally planned the flight for 11 April but postponed it over a software issue that was identified during a planned high-speed test of the aircraft’s rotors.
Nasa s Ingenuity Mars helicopter set for historic flight
AFP/New York Filed on April 19, 2021 | Last updated on April 19, 2021 at 06.26 am
The helicopter will rise for about six seconds, hover and rotate for about 30 seconds, then go back down.
Nasa is hoping to make history early Monday when the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
The space agency had originally planned the flight for April 11 but postponed it over a software issue that was identified during a planned high-speed test of the aircraft s rotors.
The issue has since been resolved, and the four-pound (1.8 kilograms) drone could achieve its feat by around 3:30 am Eastern Time (0730 GMT).