NASA’s Mars Helicopter Opens the Door for Flight on Other Worlds

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NASA’s Mars Helicopter Opens the Door for Flight on Other Worlds
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A nuclear-powered copter on Saturn’s moon Titan. Blimps on Venus. Space engineers are planning innovative flying machines to explore far-away worlds.

Following the success of Mars helicopter Ingenuity, NASA is developing a flier to collect samples on the planet, foreground, and considering a larger copter with six rotors, shown flying in the background.

On April 19, 2021, a toaster oven-size helicopter named Ingenuity spun its rotors and rose 10 feet above the surface of Mars,Three more extraterrestrial fliers are already under development at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and other space agencies, and many more uncrewed copters, hoppers and floating machines are on drawing boards.

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