Six years of effort developing the first aircraft to fly on Mars finally paid off for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) after its Mars Ingenuity helicopter successfully flew over the planet’s surface transmitting images back to Earth on Monday.
Six years of effort developing the first aircraft to fly on Mars finally paid off for NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) after its Mars Ingenuity helicopter successfully flew over the planet’s surface transmitting images back to Earth on Monday.
NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter’s blades rotate at a rate of 2,500 rotations per minute (RPM) while the blades of a helicopter on earth rotate at only 400-500 RPM, the space agency said.
