{"id":22817,"date":"2021-05-01T01:06:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/update-new-flight-time-announced-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-considered-a-full-success-no-fourth-flight-to-celebrate-with-though\/"},"modified":"2021-05-01T01:06:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T17:06:44","slug":"update-new-flight-time-announced-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-considered-a-full-success-no-fourth-flight-to-celebrate-with-though","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/update-new-flight-time-announced-nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-considered-a-full-success-no-fourth-flight-to-celebrate-with-though\/","title":{"rendered":"[Update: New flight time announced] NASA\u2019s Ingenuity helicopter considered a full success, no fourth flight to celebrate with though"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA\u2019s Ingenuity Mars helicopter has wowed us from Earth with its first flights over the Red Planet. After just 3 flights the tech demo has completed all of its test objectives and will now push the envelope for what it can do.<\/p>\n

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The team at JPL announced that the helicopter met or surpassed every objective that was laid out for it to do since landing on Mars. The short lifespan of the helicopter only called for 5 possible flights and after 3, it has knocked its flights out of the park. With both great photos and video captured by itself and the Perseverance rover that is has been viewing the flights not too far away.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFrom millions of miles away, Ingenuity checked all the technical boxes we had at NASA about the possibility of powered, controlled flight at the Red Planet. Future Mars exploration missions can now confidently consider the added capability an aerial exploration may bring to a science mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lori Glaze, Director of NASA\u2019s Planetary Science Division<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The fourth flight will push what they believe Ingenuity can do. It was supposed to conduct this groundbreaking flight this morning and teams would receive data this afternoon but something didn\u2019t go right. The helicopter looks to be fine, it didn\u2019t actually fly at all, and teams at JPL will have to assess what caused the flight not to happen.<\/p>\n

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