Ingenuity
Ingenuity team says goodbye to pioneering Mars helicopter
Saying goodbye is never easy, especially from a world away. The Ingenuity Mars helicopter team convened one last time on Tuesday (April 16) to oversee a transmission from the little rotorcraft, the first robot ever to explore the skies of a world beyond Earth. The meeting, in a control room at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory …
Hawaii boy’s ingenuity turns environment into education
HAUULA (KHON2) — What better way to celebrate our planet on Earth Day than taking care of our environment? You could always help send earth’s kids to college. To figure out doing both simultaneously must take a billionaire entrepreneur, like Hawaii residents Larry Ellison or Mark Zuckerberg. How about Jeff Bezos? None of them have …
NASA Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Makes Longest and Fastest Flight
NASA’s Mars helicopter went up again, going faster and traveling a total distance that was about the length of an American football field on its third trip through the wispy air of Mars. Like the first two flights, the small experimental flying robot, named Ingenuity, perfectly executed its instructions from Earth. At 1:31 a.m. Eastern …
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter makes maiden flight on Mars in a “Wright brothers moment”
After overcoming an earlier software glitch, NASA’s $80 million Ingenuity helicopter spun up its carbon-composite rotors and lifted off the dusty surface of Mars early Monday to become the first aircraft to fly on another planet, a “Wright brothers moment” that could pave the way to future interplanetary aircraft. Tipping the scales at just 4 pounds …
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter Needs a Flight Control Software Update Before First Flight on Mars
Illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The Ingenuity team has identified a software solution for the command sequence issue identified on Sol 49 (April 9) during a planned high-speed spin-up test of the helicopter’s rotors. Over the weekend, the team considered and tested multiple potential solutions to this issue, concluding that minor …
San Diego Business’s Technology to Power Historic Mars Helicopter’s Flight – NBC 7 San Diego
San Diego will make its mark on space this weekend when a piece of a local business’s technology will help power a tiny helicopter as it hovers over Mars. Qualcomm took a huge part in what’s expected to be a historic moment by developing the technology that will power Ingenuity’s flight. Ingenuity, a light helicopter …
How Technology and Ingenuity Has Helped Two CEOs Survive The Pandemic And Run Their Companies
The pandemic has hit hard many disabled people. Google Images It’s no stretch to say the year-long coronavirus pandemic has affected everyone. The only differentiator is degrees. Those in marginalized communities have bore the brunt of the hardships, seen recently in the spate of anti-AAPI attacks around the nation. Amongst marginalized and underrepresented groups, much …
NASA's Perseverance Rover Lands Successfully on Mars (Highlight Reel) – NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s Perseverance Rover Lands Successfully on Mars (Highlight Reel) NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Highlights From NASA’s Successful Landing on Mars The New York Times NASA’s Perseverance rover lands on Mars Fox News Driving Mars Exploration: How the Perseverance Rover Will Pave a Path into the Future National Air and Space Museum Perseverance rover has successfully landed on Mars and …
