{"id":21839,"date":"2023-11-30T18:18:24","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T10:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/nasa-goes-hard-at-flight-testing-for-future-martian-helicopters\/"},"modified":"2023-11-30T18:18:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T10:18:24","slug":"nasa-goes-hard-at-flight-testing-for-future-martian-helicopters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/nasa-goes-hard-at-flight-testing-for-future-martian-helicopters\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA goes hard at flight testing for future Martian helicopters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ingenuity returns to its flight test roots<\/h2>\n

NASA\u2019s Ingenuity helicopter has flown 66 times since it was released from the belly of Perseverance back in April 2021. What was just suppose to be a five flight test campaign, Ingenuity has moved on to operating as Perseverance\u2018s scout.<\/p>\n

However, in recent flights, Ingenuity has returned to its test flying roots as it conducted several altitude and speed tests in the Martian atmosphere.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past nine months, we have doubled our max airspeed and altitude, increased our rate of vertical and horizontal acceleration, and even learned to land slower,\u201d said Travis Brown, Ingenuity\u2019s chief engineer, in a JPL blog.<\/p>\n

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