NASA postpones Mars helicopter flight until April 14th

The first Ingenuity aircraft designed to fly in the Martian atmosphere will take offno earlier than Wednesday the 14th

According to the agency, engineers and scientists are engaged in the final preparations.Complex equipment and the specifics of working on another planet force the team to seriously think about each step.

What kind of apparatus?

We wrote earlier that lightThe observation helicopter that landed on Mars with the Perseverance rover successfully survived its first night on Mars. This means that the device is operating normally, since on Mars the temperature drops to -90 degrees.

Why didn't you fly?

During the tests of the main rotor of the protection systemthe apparatus transmitted a signal that further tests were impossible. Nevertheless, Ingenuity is safe and sound, and the team is analyzing the data that the device has successfully transmitted to the ground.

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