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Drones Take on New Civilian and Military Roles Maxiphoto/iStock.com email Plus, an update on the military's flying cars. This week I thought I might have jinxed the Mars Ingenuity helicopter. In my last column, I wrote about how Ingenuity, and robots in general, often overperformed in their roles as space explorers, meaning that we may not need to risk the lives of human astronauts anytime soon. Ingenuity was designed to accomplish a single proof-of-concept mission to show that flight on Mars was possible. At the time of my previous column, it had already accomplished fiv...

For nearly 150 years, being a roller coaster has been one of the greatest dreams in engineering. When I attend engineering trade shows or conferences, I ask people about their engineering jobs. One day a couple of years ago, a young engineer responded, “I design roller coasters.” Wow! I asked if that had been a childhood dream. He responded that it was the only job he ever wanted and he set out to make it happen by choosing the right schools and meeting the right people. I’ve had similar conversations with engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab and with engineers at NASA’s sup...

NASA Planning Sixth Flight of Mars Ingenuity Helicopter VOA News published the following article: Officials with the U.S. space agency NASA say they are making plans for the sixth flight of the Mars Ingenuity helicopter, designed to stretch the craft’s capabilities and demonstrate how similar aircraft can support future missions to the planet. Officials with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) which designed and operates the craft, said the next mission will expand on progress made during its previous May 7 flight, its first one-way trip to a new landing site. Scientists said the sixth...

3D Footage Of NASA’s Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Flying Above The Martian Surface Will Leave You Stunned The Ingenuity helicopter takes off, hovers for a few seconds before zooming past our eyes to the right of the screen By Edited by Gadgets 360 Newsdesk | Updated: 19 May 2021 12:28 IST Photo Credit: NASA Highlights The rover can be seen flying across the surface of Mars The video shows the flight in 3D NASA shared stunning footage of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter taking flight on the red planet a few weeks ago. Now, the agency's engineers have rendered the f...

Volcanoes could still be active on Mars, new research suggests The barren landscape of Mars makes the planet seem like a quiet, frozen desert where nothing has happened for billions of years except for the occasional dust storm. New research, however, suggests that the red planet has a more recent history of activity - and it could still be volcanically active. Scientists still are trying to understand the history of Mars, and NASA rovers like Curiosity and Perseverance can help uncover evidence to piece together the planet's time line. READ MORE: The Mars Ingenuity helicopter, right, flies ...