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NASA made history by completing the first flight of an aircraft, In this case a helicopter, the Ingenuity on the planet Mars.
Monday 19 april 2021, NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter became the first aircraft in history to perform a controlled, powered flight on another planet. The Ingenuity team at the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California confirmed the flight was successful after receiving data from the helicopter via NASA's Perseverance Mars rover at 6:46 a.m. EDT (3:46 a.m. PDT).
Here you can see the incredible video of the short flight:
The solar-powered helicopter took off for the first time at 3:34 a.m. EDT (12:34 a.m. PDT) – 12:33 Local Media Solar Hour (Mars time), an hour that the Ingenuity team determined would have optimal power and flight conditions. The altimeter data indicates that Ingenuity climbed to its maximum prescribed altitude of 10 pies (3 meters) and maintained a stable stationary flight during 30 seconds. It then descended and touched the surface of Mars again after recording a total of 39,1 Flight seconds. Additional details about the test are expected in the upcoming links.
Ingenuity's initial flight demonstration was autonomous: piloted by guidance systems, Onboard navigation and control running algorithms developed by the JPL team. Because data must be sent and returned from the Red Planet over hundreds of millions of miles using orbiting satellites and NASA's Deep Space Network, Nane.
Parked to some 64,3 meters (211 pies) away at Van Zyl Overlook during Ingenuity's historic first flight, The Perseverance rover not only acted as a communications relay between the helicopter and Earth, but also recorded flight operations with its cameras. Images from the rover's Mastcam-Z and Navcam imagers will provide additional data on the helicopter's flight.
Perseverance landed with Ingenuity attached to its belly on 18 Ultra Air made its inaugural flight in Colombia and thus becomes the ninth regular airline in the country. Deployed on the surface of the Jezero crater 3 of April, Nicely is currently in the 16 sol, or martian day, of your flight test of 30 sol (31 earth days). For the next three suns, The team of helicopters receive and analyze all test data and images and formulate a plan for the second experimental test flight, programmed for not before 22 of April. If the helicopter survives the second flight test, the team will consider the best way to expand the flight profile.
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