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Mars . 6 Things to Know About NASA’s Mars Helicopter on Its Way to Mars – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
2. Mars wont make it easy for Ingenuity to attempt the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
Because the Mars atmosphere is so thin, Ingenuity is designed to be light, with rotor blades that are much larger and spin much faster than what would be required for a helicopter of Ingenuitys mass on Earth.
The Red Planet also has beyond bone-chilling temperatures, with nights as cold as minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 90 degrees Celsius) at Jezero Crater, the rover and helicopters landing…
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