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NASA thinks it’s figured out why Mars helicopter crashed
NASA thinks it’s figured out why the Mars helicopter crashed
Relying on remote data, including photographs taken after the flight, the investigators believe that “navigation errors created high horizontal velocities at touchdown,” which most likely resulted in Ingenuity experiencing a “hard impact on the sand ripple’s slope,” causing it to pitch and roll.
NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Crash: Why did the Mars Accident Happen?
"When running an accident investigation from 100 million miles away, you don't have any black boxes!" NASA's Håvard Grip said.
NASA Now Knows Why Its Mars Helicopter Crashed
Imagine how much more difficult it would be to diagnose a helicopter accident that took place 69 million miles away with none of the usual data present to help. NASA had to do just that after its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter suffered an accident on Jan.
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Up and over! NASA's Mars rover Perseverance reaches rim of its Jezero Crater home (video)
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NASA updates 'Moon to Mars' roadmap for exploring the Red Planet
noting that fission "can provide consistent power generation for a wide range of potential
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NASA's Mars exploration plans need 'paradigm shifts' to succeed, report finds
NASA has released a new document that highlights planned programmatic paradigm shifts in Mars exploration over the next 20 ...
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A NASA rover just conquered a treacherous climb on Mars
The Perseverance rover has reached the top of the Jezero Crater rim on Mars, a hike that rose 1,640 feet — higher than the ...
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Cost overruns jeopardize Artemis moon landing, threaten NASA SLS rocket's future
Trump said in 2019, however, that the U.S. should go to
Mars
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China aims to be 1st to bring samples back from Mars
China's planned mission to bring rock samples to Earth from Mars would beat both NASA and the European Space Agency to the ...
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