NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Survives First Frigid Martian Night on Its Own

SciTechDaily ^ | 06 April 2021

[zeestephen]

Re: James Webb launches 2021

Thanks for the update, Empire.

I thought COVID-19 destroyed their schedule.

[airborne]

I’m looking forward to seeing how the helicopter performs.

I read the story and am surprised (disappointed) to learn there are no scientific instruments on board.

Maybe next time.

[Yossarian]

I read the story and am surprised (disappointed) to learn there are no scientific instruments on board.

It is a technology demonstrator only - very high risk.

I hope that if it survives the planned test flight regimen, NASA can at least occasionally take some time to fly it to Percy's current position, and try it out in a "forward scout" mission. But it needs to fly AT ALL first.

[blue state conservative]

I’ve read when Mars gets up to 60 or 70 degrees they are only talking about the first couple of inches from the surface. With a light atmosphere it gets cold very fast as you move up.

[minnesota_bound]

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Survives First Frigid Martian Night on Its Own but unfortunately Howard Wolowitz backed over the helicopter with the rover later on....