Ingenuity Mars Helicopter News
The Perseverance rover was at a different area from where the chopper had landed, thus the Ingenuity team anticipated the communications failure because of the slope that stood in the way.
The new phase will begin after the helicopter completes its next two flights.
Mars Helicopter`s energy, telecommunications, and in-flight navigation systems performing beyond expectation.
Flight four will send the rotorcraft about 436 feet (133 meters) south to collect aerial images.
The fifth flight would send Ingenuity on a one-way mission, landing at the new site.
NASA successfully flew the Ingenuity Mars helicopter for the first time.
This is the first-ever controlled flight on another planet.
The first attempt to fly Ingenuity will take place today at 1:01 pm (IST).
The live coverage to start at 3:45 pm (IST).
The gravity on Mars, notably, is one-third of the Blue Planet and the atmosphere is just 1% dense in comparison to the Earth.
Another challenging aspect of the journey would be the temperature as it drops to minus 90 degree Celsius during the night on Mars.
The Red Planet has significant gravity (about one-third that of Earth’s), but its atmosphere is just 1 percent as dense as Earth’s at the surface.
To fit within the available accommodations provided by the Perseverance rover, the Ingenuity helicopter must be small.
To fly in the Mars environment, it must be lightweight.
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