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It would appear that the NASA Engineer that programmed the NASA Perseverance Rover might be a former Naval Aviator. #marspenis
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NASA's Perseverance rover is scheduled to land on the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021. Watch its atmospheric entry, powered descent and sky crane in action in this highly detailed animation.
 

NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reports In​

The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover.

Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California have received the first status report from the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which landed Feb. 18, 2021, at Jezero Crater attached to the belly of the agency’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The downlink, which arrived at 3:30 p.m. PST (6:30 p.m. EST) via a connection through the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, indicates that both the helicopter, which will remain attached to the rover for 30 to 60 days, and its base station (an electrical box on the rover that stores and routes communications between the rotorcraft and Earth) are operating as expected.
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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Reports In

The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover.
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Fingers crossed!

Who knows, if it goes well perhaps future Mars helicopter generations may fly longer and swarm around Mars fixing all the out of action Rovers and Landers. :)

This is an excellent video about the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity.

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So far that has got to be the coolest thing:

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By the way, any fellow travelers here?

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The Mars helicopter on NASA's Perseverance rover could fly in early April​


The first-ever powered flights on Mars could be just a few weeks away.


The teams behind NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter have chosen an airfield on the Red Planet for the 4-lb. (1.8 kilograms) chopper and are gearing up for flights in the near future.

"Ingenuity’s test flights are expected to begin no earlier than the first week of April," NASA officials wrote in a mission update on Wednesday (March 17). "The exact timing of the first flight will remain fluid as engineers work out details on the timeline for deployments and vehicle positioning of Perseverance and Ingenuity."

NASA will give an update on the Ingenuity flight plan during a news conference next Tuesday (March 23) at 1:30 p.m. EDT (1730 GMT). You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the space agency.
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Article Link: https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-on-perseverance-rover-may-fly-april-2021
 

NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Flight​


NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. Before the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) rotorcraft can attempt its first flight, however, both it and its team must meet a series of daunting milestones.

Ingenuity remains attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover, which touched down on Mars Feb. 18. On March 21, the rover deployed the guitar case-shaped graphite composite debris shield that protected Ingenuity during landing. The rover currently is in transit to the “airfield” where Ingenuity will attempt to fly. Once deployed, Ingenuity will have 30 Martian days, or sols, (31 Earth days) to conduct its test flight campaign.
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Article Link: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-prepares-for-first-flight
 

‘WRIGHT BROTHERS MOMENT’: INGENUITY TAKES FLIGHT ON MARS​


At long last, history has finally been made as humankind has made the next great stride in powered flight; the first flight on another planet.

On April 19, 2021, the Ingenuity helicopter successfully took to the Martian skies in what is hopefully the first of up to five experimental flights expected to take place over the duration of the next few weeks.

“We can now say that human beings have flown a rotorcraft on another planet,” said MiMi Aung, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter project manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory before thanking the whole team for their years of dedication on the project. “We, together, flew at Mars and we, together, now have our Wright brothers moment.”
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