{"id":230326,"date":"2021-04-19T15:07:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T12:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nasa-just-made-history-by-flying-an-autonomous-helicopter-on-mars\/"},"modified":"2021-04-19T15:07:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T12:07:53","slug":"nasa-just-made-history-by-flying-an-autonomous-helicopter-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nasa-just-made-history-by-flying-an-autonomous-helicopter-on-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"#NASA just made history by flying an autonomous helicopter on Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#NASA just made history by flying an autonomous helicopter on Mars<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

NASA has made history after successfully conducting the first-ever controlled flight on another planet.<\/p>\n

The space<\/span> agency\u2019s Ingenuity helicopter briefly flew over Mars this morning, in what NASA previously described as a \u201cWright Brothers\u201d moment.<\/p>\n

The 1.8 kg chopper\u00a0ascended three meters above the red planet, hovered for around 30 seconds, made a turn, and then touched back down on the Martian surface.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can now say that human beings have flown a rotorcraft on another planet,\u201d said\u00a0MiMi Aung, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter project manager at NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech<\/figcaption>
<\/a>Ingenuity took this photo while hovering over Mars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The autonomous drone arrived on Mars inside NASA\u2019s Perseverance rover on February 18. It was slated to make its first experimental flight on April 11, but the launch was twice postponed due to technical issues.<\/p>\n

At around 07:00AM EST, NASA confirmed that the maiden voyage had been successful.\u00a0Ingenuity will now attempt a series<\/a> of more challenging flights.<\/p>\n

While pilots planned the chopper\u2019s route, Ingenuity had to fly autonomously because of communication delays. A combination of sensors and computer vision navigated the flight path.<\/p>\n

Cameras on the helicopter will capture a new perspective of conditions on Mars. But Ingenuity\u2019s primary mission is testing the potential of flying on other worlds.<\/p>\n

NASA will use insights from the flights to develop future helicopters, which could one day help astronauts explore the red planet.<\/p>\n

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