The Ingenuity Mars helicopter, the predecessor to Chopper
NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA is engaged on plans to ship one other helicopter to Mars. The craft would land itself after screaming into the planet’s ambiance at pace, earlier than masking a number of kilometres a day whereas carrying scientific tools.
A number of landers have safely touched down on the floor of Mars utilizing parachutes and rockets to gradual their descent. Some have even contained wheeled rovers that would discover the floor. Then got here NASA’s helicopter drone Ingenuity. Though it was engineered on a shoestring funds, it managed to make a shocking 72 flights on the Pink Planet,…
