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How NASA flew a drone on Mars Keith Zubrow © Credit: CBSNews ot-marsperseveranceb-fd.jpg Last month when a small helicopter named "Ingenuity" took-off from the surface of Mars, it made history as the first aircraft to fly in the in the atmosphere of another planet. It may have also unlocked future possibilities for how NASA explores the surfaces of distant planets. Sunday on 60 Minutes, correspondent Anderson Cooper reported on the creation of Ingenuity, and the painstaking multi-year testing and planning process that allowed the drone to fly in the thin atmosphere of the r...

First in Flight: NASA Just Proved Flying on Mars Is Possible--Next Up Is the Solar System With Ingenuity’s five successful flights on the Red Planet, aviation may find unexpected footing in the future of space exploration Print NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this image of its shadow during the rotorcraft's second experimental test flight on April 22, 2021. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Advertisement Picture the scene: A small drone the size of a suitcase descends into a dark Martian crevasse—perhaps a lava tube that was formed billions of years ago by volcanic activity on the Red...

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...

Inside Ingenuity With AeroVironment, Part One: Designing It 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). Back ...

NASA Mars helicopter makes history as first vehicle to fly on another planet Ingenuity has lifted off the Martian surface and launched a new era of planetary exploration. ByJay Bennett Email A small helicopter opened a new chapter of space exploration this morning when it lifted off the surface of Mars, marking humankind’s first powered flight on another planet. The 19-inch-tall chopper called Ingenuity kicked up rusty red dust as it hovered about 10 feet off the ground, turned slightly, and slowly touched back down. The flight lasted only about 40 seconds, but it represents one of history'...