Almost three years ago, I wrote about “The Little Helicopter That Could” – Ingenuity – the first rotocopter to fly on another planet. The mission would have been considered a success if it just got off the ground (and more ideally performed 5 experimental test flights following), and instead it lasted for nearly 3 years …
There’s been a lot of exciting and interesting space news over the past week, so I thought I’d do a quick little recap to catch you up. Learn more below about the first flight on another planet, a supermassive black hole in M87, and more! The First Flight on Another Planet Ingenuity the rotocopter (nicknamed …
NASA will soon attempt to fly the first aircraft on another planet! The Ingenuity rotocopter, which weighs only 4lbs, is designed to prove that we can perform powered flight on another planet – one with a very thin atmosphere that is just 1% the density of Earth’s. To do so, its four-foot, carbon-fibre blades will …