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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its fifth flight on the Red Planet today with its first one-way journey from Wright Brothers Field to an airfield 423 feet (129 meters) to the south.
After arrival above its new airfield, Ingenuity climbed to an altitude record of 33 feet (10 meters) and captured high-resolution color images of its new neighborhood before touching down, the US space agency’s website reports.
The flight represents the rotorcraft’s transition to its new operations demonstration phase. This phase will focus on investigating what kind of capabilities a rotorcraft operating from Mars can provide. Examples include scouting, aerial observations of areas not accessible by a rover, and detailed stereo imaging from atmospheric altitudes. These operations and the lessons learned from them could significantly benefit future aerial exploration of Mars and other worlds.
Media Credit: Skylar Epstein | Staff Photographer
Assistant professor Peng Wei said GW s portion of the NASA grant will cover expenses for tools like unmanned aerial vehicles and weather sensors.
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An engineering professor received a $2.5 million grant from NASA to develop the first-ever safety system for small self-flying airplanes last month.
Peng Wei, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, received the three-year NASA System-Wide Safety grant to develop a safety system for air mobility vehicles – small pilotless passenger airplanes that people will be able to use as an “air taxi” for transportation in the sky. Wei said he is creating a system that will make urban air mobility, the use of autonomous planes in the sky, safe and effective at alleviating traffic congestion on the ground in cities.
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NASA s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Makes Successful Third Flight
PASADENA, CA – Nasa s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter completed its third successful flight on Mars Sunday.
According to a press release, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter continues to set records, flying faster and farther on Sunday, April 25, 2021 than in any tests it went through on Earth. The helicopter took off at 4:31 a.m. EDT (1:31 a.m. PDT), or 12:33 p.m. local Mars time, rising 16 feet (5 meters) – the same altitude as its second flight. Then it zipped downrange 164 feet (50 meters), just over half the length of a football field, reaching a top speed of 6.6 feet per second (2 meters per second).
Perseverance s Left Navcam Views Ingenuity During its Third Flight
: NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter can be seen hovering during its third flight on April 25, 2021, as seen by the left Navigation Camera aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech. Full image and caption ›
The craft’s April 25 flight was conducted at speeds and distances beyond what had ever been previously demonstrated, even in testing on Earth.
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter continues to set records, flying faster and farther on Sunday, April 25, 2021 than in any tests it went through on Earth. The helicopter took off at 1:31 a.m. EDT (4:31 a.m. PDT), or 12:33 p.m. local Mars time, rising 16 feet (5 meters) – the same altitude as its second flight. Then it zipped downrange 164 feet (50 meters), almost half the length of a football field, reaching a top speed of 6.6 feet per second (2 meters per second).