Ingenuity “successfully carried out a brief hop in its current airfield to evaluate out greater rpm settings so it can fly in lower climatic densities on the Red Planet,” NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) revealed in a tweet on Monday (Oct. 25). JPL is managing the Mars Perseverance rover mission, which consists of Ingenuity, for NASA from the firms center in Pasadena, California.Related: Its getting harder to fly the Ingenuity helicopter on MarsThis image from NASAs Mars helicopter Ingenuity reveals the drones shadow on the Martian surface area during its 14th flight, which occurred Oct. 24, 2021. While the team was not able to duplicate the problem throughout subsequent tests on Sept. 21 and Sept. 23, Ingenuity remained grounded till now due to the fact that Mars experienced solar combination, which happens every 2 years when the sun falls directly between Earth and the Red Planet, interrupting communications in between the worlds for about 2 weeks.
Ingenuity “successfully carried out a short hop in its current airfield to check out higher rpm settings so it can fly in lower climatic densities on the Red Planet,” NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) announced in a tweet on Monday (Oct. 25). JPL is overseeing the Mars Perseverance rover mission, which includes Ingenuity, for NASA from the firms center in Pasadena, California.Related: Its getting harder to fly the Ingenuity helicopter on MarsThis image from NASAs Mars helicopter Ingenuity reveals the drones shadow on the Martian surface area throughout its 14th flight, which happened Oct. 24, 2021. While the group was not able to duplicate the concern during subsequent tests on Sept. 21 and Sept. 23, Ingenuity remained grounded till now due to the fact that Mars experienced solar combination, which takes place every two years when the sun falls directly in between Earth and the Red Planet, interfering with interactions between the worlds for about two weeks.