Dr. Becky | Ingenuity helicopter on Mars damages rotor blade, and is no longer able to fly #shorts @DrBecky | Uploaded 7 months ago | Updated 3 hours ago
Sadly the Ingenuity helicopter (aka Ginny) on Mars has damaged its rotor blade and can no longer fly. Originally designed to be a proof of concept and undergo just 5 flights on Mars, it’s now completed 72 in nearly 3 years and flown 14 times further than anyone ever planned, helping the Perseverance rover (aka Percy) pick out routes across the Martian surface. Here’s to the next helicopter mission in the Solar System: Dragonfly, which will launch in 2028 to visit Saturn’s largest moon Titan.
#astronomy #nasa #perseverance
Sadly the Ingenuity helicopter (aka Ginny) on Mars has damaged its rotor blade and can no longer fly. Originally designed to be a proof of concept and undergo just 5 flights on Mars, it’s now completed 72 in nearly 3 years and flown 14 times further than anyone ever planned, helping the Perseverance rover (aka Percy) pick out routes across the Martian surface. Here’s to the next helicopter mission in the Solar System: Dragonfly, which will launch in 2028 to visit Saturn’s largest moon Titan.
#astronomy #nasa #perseverance
