Learning from Ingenuity helicopter's crash landing on Mars
Mashable · 12h
NASA video shows its next Martian helicopter soaring over Mars
After over 70 flights, the Ingenuity helicopter — the first craft to ever make a powered, controlled flight on another planet — crashed in the Martian dunes in January 2024. But its unexpected achievement (engineers hoped it might make five flights) has prompted the conceptual design and planning for what the agency calls its "Mars Chopper."
techtimes · 8h
NASA Ingenuity Helicopter's Crash on Mars Is Now Unveiled—Here's What Caused Its Demise
Ingenuity's Flight 72 saw the Mars helicopter perform a 'vertical hop' which was meant to only fly the rotorcraft for a brief moment to assess its flight systems and capture the area, but on its way down, the machine suffered damages that led to it being its final mission.
HotHardware · 7h
NASA Details What Went Wrong In First-Ever Helicopter Crash On Mars
"The damaged blades caused excessive vibration in the rotor system, ripping the remainder of one blade from its root and generating an excessive power demand that resulted in loss of communications," NASA states in its preliminary report.
Gizmodo · 19h
The First Helicopter Crash on Mars: NASA Pinpoints What Went Wrong During Ingenuity’s Final Flight
Ingenuity ultimately operated for nearly three years and performed 72 flights over that span. On its final flight, the helicopter climbed to 40 feet (12 meters) above the Martian surface, but after 32 seconds, the chopper was back on the ground and communications had stopped.
in.mashable · 15h
What Caused NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter To Crash? We Finally Know
NASA has completed the final assessment of its Ingenuity Mars helicopter and finally revealed what led to its crash. The rotorcraft flew for the last time on January 18 this year and met its end after it made a hard landing, breaking its blades.
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