Mars Helicopter Encounters In-Flight Navigation Glitch, But Lands Safely
By City News Service TOPSHOT-US-SPACE-AEROSPACE-NASA-MARS PASADENA (CNS) - On its ambitious sixth flight, the Mars helicopter Ingenuity encountered an airborne navigation glitch that caused it to tilt back and forth while making unplanned velocity changes, but the small drone-like craft was still able to land safely, mission managers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena said today. The sixth flight of the history-making helicopter -- the first to perform controlled flight on another world -- was planned as one of its most daring excursions to date. The helicopter was programmed to travel...
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