Science
Historic Mars helicopter test flight set for early April – Sight Magazine
NASA engineers plan to send a miniature helicopter whirring just above the surface of Mars next month in an interplanetary aviation experiment that, if successful,…
28 March 2021
STEVE GORMAN
Los Angeles, USReuters
NASA engineers plan to send a miniature helicopter whirring just above the surface of Mars next month in an interplanetary aviation experiment that, if successful, would mark the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another celestial body.
The US space agency is comparing the Martian debut of its 1.8-kilogram solar-powered whirlybird, dubbed Ingenuity, with the Wright Brothers’ first sustained flight of a motor-driven airplane near…
-
Noosa News23 hours agoReubhan Ralph identified as man behind terrifying childcare centre incident in Peregian Springs on the Sunshine Coast
-
General21 hours agoPolice say new leads being pursued after baby’s body found in Alexander Heights stormwater drain
-
Noosa News24 hours agoSchoolgirls hit by fishtailing car in terrifying crash in Bellbird Park, Ipswich
-
Noosa News21 hours agoPolice charge second man over alleged assault in Gold Coast car seller on Facebook’s Marketplace