NASA's Perseverance rover will attempt to land on Mars this week

Re:NASA's Perseverance rover will attempt to land on Mars th... by doitLP on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @06:46PM (#26160424)

I’ll bet they worked with my friend who is the Deputy Surface Mission Manager for the rover. He gave us a little presentation of what he worked on, including the little helicopter that is attached to the underside of the rover. Veritasium did a cool video about it a couple years ago. [1]

Kudos to everyone who worked on the project and got it launched during the pandemic!

[1] https://youtu.be/GhsZUZmJvaM

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Re:NASA's Perseverance rover will attempt to land on Mars th... by IntemerateApe on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @07:58PM (#26161204)

The helicopter is the thing I am MOST excited about!

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Re:NASA's Perseverance rover will attempt to land on Mars th... by sathackr on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @02:57AM (#26163844)

So everyone says the helicopter would be the first powered flight on another planet.

Wouldn't the Skycrane be considered powered flight?

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Re:NASA's Perseverance rover will attempt to land on Mars th... by simonh on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @04:46AM (#26164584)

I suppose you could qualify it as first powered flight using aerodynamic forces for lift. Or first powered flight of a probe, the sky crane isn't a scientific instrument.

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