Tag: Ingenuity

Ingenuity Helicopter Experiences Insufficient Battery Charge as Martian Winter Begins

CNN reports that for the first time, “the Ingenuity team on Earth lost contact with Ingenuity on sols 427 and 428, or Martian days that correspond with May 3 and May 4.” The team “discovered that loss of contact occurred because Ingenuity experienced insufficient battery charge as night fell. This reduced voltage reset the mission clock, causing the helicopter’s system to be out of sync with its companion, the Perseverance rover.”
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NASA Releases Footage of Ingenuity Helicopter Flight

SPACE reported that NASA “has just unveiled incredible new footage of its helicopter Ingenuity on a record-breaking flight on the Red Planet last month.” The video “shows the tiny Red Planet chopper as it flew across a distance of 2,310 feet (704 meters) at a speed of 12 mph (19 kph), with a view of Red Planet sands whirring by below.”
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NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Captures Video of Flight (NASA JPL via YouTube)


Ingenuity Makes 22nd Mars Flight

SPACE reports that NASA’s Ingenuity has made its 22nd Mars flight. Ingenuity “stayed aloft for 101.4 seconds and reached a maximum altitude of 33 feet (10 meters) during the sortie, which took place on Sunday.”
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Ingenuity Prepares for First Flight of 2022

CNET News reported that NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter “is getting ready to take its first flight of the year, and its 19th flight overall. The Ingenuity team anticipates takeoff could be tough due to the terrain it’s sitting on.” The flight is “scheduled to take place no earlier than Friday.”
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