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Fourth NASA Mars helicopter flight fizzles – PerthNow
NASA’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity was supposed to lift off on its longest, fastest flight yet after three successes. But the fourth attempt has failed.
NASA’s Mars helicopter has fizzled on its fourth flight attempt.
The 1.8kg helicopter named Ingenuity was supposed to lift off on its longest, fastest flight yet, after three successes. But the chopper remained on the ground on Thursday.
Flight controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California will attempt a redo on Friday.
Ingenuity’s took flight for the first time at Mars on April 19 – becoming the first powered aircraft to soar at another planet – after controllers fixed a software…
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