Michael Wall is a Senior Space Writer with Space.com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers exoplanets, spaceflight and military space, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, 'Out There,' was published on Nov. 13, 2018.
NASA's history-making Ingenuity helicopter covered a lot of ground on Mars over the past three years, as a new video shows.went on each of its 72 Red Planet sorties, linking each flight line together in an otherworldly Etch a Sketch creation.
This work of art throws Ingenuity's epic achievements into stark relief, showing the tough terrain the 4-pound chopper negotiated and the impressive distance it traveled — 10.5 miles in total, about 14 times farther than it was originally expected to fly.inside Mars' Jezero Crater in February 2021.
That extended mission lasted far longer than Ingenuity's handlers could have imagined — 67 sorties over nearly three years. The helicopter's flying days finally came to an end on Jan. 18, whenContact me with news and offers from other Future brandsweather station and technology testbed Getting ahold of that data will soon require a physical meetup on the Red Planet, however: Ingenuity relays all of its communications via Perseverance, and the car-sized rover will soon disappear over the Martian horizon, leaving its little partner all alone.Ingenuity's success could pave the way for more extensive aerial exploration of Mars down the road. Mission team members are already working on designs for, a $3.
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