NASA Scientists Can’t Disappoint Helicopter of ingenuity. But it also gives them a lot of joy. In May of last year, they momentarily lost contact with him. Luckily, they managed to find him by intercepting him. distress calls for persistence, the rover with which he traveled to Mars. Later, he made several new flights, in which he even broke several records. Nonetheless martian winter approaching, the cold could jeopardize their activities, and a decrease in sunshine hours would make it difficult charge your batteries. Therefore, it was decided to put him into hibernation to keep him safe until the situation became more favorable. And it’s still not perfect, but finally it was able to take off again, albeit for a very short period of time.
In doing so, he achieved a figure that at first seemed impossible: his flight number 30. Given that it was originally designed to perform only 5 flightswe can get an idea of the importance of this new milestone for ingenuity.
And the best part is that it doesn’t look like it will be the last. Everything went well and it was possible A park rest again. No date yet new flight, although it is expected to be very short, like this one. After all, these types of flights in the future will be most often performed by both Ingenuity and other similar helicopters.
Ingenuity returns from the world of dreams
The 30th flight of Ingenuity was carried out with two goals. On the one hand, moving the helicopter so that it is activated and releases part dust accumulated on it in those two months of lethargy. The problem is that a lot of dust builds up as it can affect your electronics and also prevents your solar panels from absorbing solar radiation.
On the other hand, it happened short flight, which will be performed most often when more of these helicopters are sent to Mars. The goal is to carry the samples recovered by the rover to a ship that will need to be sent back to Earth. This does not require long flights and such a trial is more than enough. It’s true that it couldn’t have been longer, as its solar panels could barely charge up a bit during the day. We must not forget that temperatures up to -86ºC at night. But nothing more was required.
Now we have to calmly wait until the next flight. Although, what is seen is probably less expected than we think. After all, Inventiveness surpasses even the most optimistic expectations that existed for him.
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