After about 3 years, surface of mars, NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Dead. NASA The cause of death in the helicopter is under investigation, but authorities said To tell Ingenuity hit the ground with one of its rotor blades, cutting off one of its wings. That means Mars helicopters will no longer be able to fly.
of Originality and ingenuity Although it may now be inoperable, the helicopter has shattered initial expectations. This was originally a technology demonstration device and was scheduled for her five flight missions over her 30 days on Mars. However, Ingenuity far exceeded its planned service life, completing its 72th flight mission in just under three years.Let me do it NASA Administrator Bill Nelson rightly praises:
Some of Ingenuity’s outstanding accomplishments include being the first helicopter on another planet and flying in the atmosphere of Mars, where the volume of the atmosphere is less than 1% of Earth’s. Ingenuity logged nearly 129 minutes of flight time and covered 16.5 miles during these missions. NASA. The highest altitude she reached was 78.7 feet.
It doesn’t sound like a big deal, but then again, Ingenuity was designed solely for mission flights at up to 15 feet. This helicopter is also small, with a height of 19 inches, a blade span of 4 feet, and a weight of 4 pounds.had to be small to be part of of perseverance The payload is deployed from the abdomen. rover landed on Mars. Originality and ingenuity played the role of aerial reconnaissance and predicted surrounding dangers path of probe It then sends that information back to NASA.
However, one of the autonomous helicopter’s flights ended with a rotor blade breaking. The broken tips of the carbon fiber blades were visible in the shadows, which didn’t bode well for this little helicopter. Just RIP, ingenuity.
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Bill Nelson Said, it’s a bittersweet send-off. Meanwhile, the small helicopter died. A flightless bird that lives on the barren surface of Mars.It is a tragedy that is exactly one of the following: ray bradbury’s mars chronicle. But on the other hand, Ingenuity accomplished more than NASA expected. Nelson ended his NASA announcement with the best words: “So, thank you, Ingenuity.”
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