{"id":756,"date":"2021-04-05T10:43:13","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T16:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/?p=756"},"modified":"2021-04-06T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T18:00:57","slug":"mars-helicopter-ingenuity-touched-down-on-the-surface-of-the-red-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/?p=756","title":{"rendered":"Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Touched Down on The Surface of the Red Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"1080\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1920 \/ 1080;\" width=\"1920\" autoplay controls poster=\"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/safe_image.php_.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webfxonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/yt1s.com-Perseverance-turns-to-Helicopter-Ingenuity-after-its-first-autonomous-night-on-Mars.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c#MarsHelicopter touchdown confirmed! Its 293 million mile (471 million km) journey aboard @NASAPersevere ended with the final drop of 4 inches (10 cm) from the rover\u2019s belly to the surface of Mars today,\u201d officials with NASA\u2019s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California wrote in a Twitter announcement. \u201cNext milestone? Survive the night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/client\/q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_768\/https:\/\/ilovetheuniverse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mars-helicopter-Ingenuity1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3512\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/client\/q_glossy,ret_img,w_733,h_412\/https:\/\/ilovetheuniverse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mars-helicopter-Ingenuity2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3513\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/client\/q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_768\/https:\/\/ilovetheuniverse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mars-helicopter-Ingenuity3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3514\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ingenuity is a small, solar-powered helicopter that relies on a rechargeable battery to keep its systems warm during the cold Martian night. It weighs just 4 lbs. (1.8 kilograms). Until now, Ingenuity has been attached to Perseverance\u2019s belly, keeping warm by feeding off the rover\u2019s nuclear-powered system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The helicopter\u2019s internal battery is now being used to fuel a vital heater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis heater keeps the interior at about 45 degrees F through the bitter cold of the Martian night, where temperatures can drop to as low as -130 F (minus 90 degrees Celsius),\u201d NASA\u2019s Bob Balaram, chief engineer for the Mars Helicopter project,&nbsp;wrote in a status update Friday&nbsp;(April 2). \u201cThat comfortably protects key components such as the battery and some of the sensitive electronics from harm at very cold temperatures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first flight of Ingenuity is scheduled for April 11, with data from the test expected to reach Earth on April 12th, according to NASA officials. The $85 million drone is the first helicopter to be sent to another planet, and it will be used to test technologies for future flying vehicles on other worlds. The Perseverance rover will be able to see the footage captured by Ingenuity\u2019s two cameras. Ingenuity carries two cameras to document its flights, which will also be observed by the Perseverance rover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shortpixel.ai\/client\/to_avif,q_glossy,ret_img,w_1024,h_576\/https:\/\/ilovetheuniverse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/flight-Mars-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3515\"\/><figcaption>This graphic shows the activities NASA has planned for its Ingenuity Mars helicopter.&nbsp;(Image credit: NASA\/JPL-Caltech)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But first, of course, Ingenuity must first survive its first night alone on Mars in the freezing cold. The heater will be powered by the helicopter\u2019s battery, which will keep the temperature around 5 degrees F constant (minus 15 degrees C).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Ingenuity team will be anxiously waiting to hear from the helicopter the next day,\u201d Balaram wrote Friday. \u201cDid it make it through the night? Is the solar panel working as expected?\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rover is part of a larger mission to look for signs of habitability in Jezero Crater, which appears to have been water-rich in the past. Perseverance will save the best samples it finds for a future sample-return mission to Earth. If Ingenuity can fly, it will hail a potential new generation of Martian explorers that can scout ahead of rovers and even humans, in the decades to come, to make surface exploration easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>\u201c#MarsHelicopter touchdown confirmed! 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