Date of flight: NET Dec. 3
Flight duration: 52.22 seconds
Horizontal flight distance: 50 feet (15 meters)
Flight speed (horizontal): 10.0 fps (3.0 mps)
Max flight altitude: 46 feet (14 meters)
Flight goal: Reposition helicopter
The agency’s Perseverance rover will establish the first sample depot on Mars. Read More
The technology demonstration has phoned home from where it is attached to the belly of NASA’s Perseverance rover. Read...
During this next phase, the program will mature critical technologies and make critical design decisions as well as assess...
Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as...
Perseverance will obtain additional imagery of the sample tube before potentially completing the process of collecting its first scientifically-selected...
The intrepid rotorcraft may head skyward again within the week. Read More
Flight: 49 Flight date (no earlier than): 03/29/2023 Horizontal distance: feet 893.9 feet (272.5 meters) Flight time: 135.47 seconds...
MEDLI2 was one of the crucial technologies onboard the rover’s protective aeroshell that helped document the entry, descent, and...