The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s carbon fiber blades can be seen in this video taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on April 8, 2021, the 48th Martian day, or sol, of the objective. They are carrying out a wiggle test prior to the real spin-up to guarantee they were working effectively. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
A livestream will start at 3: 15 a.m. PDT that early morning as the helicopter group prepares to get the information downlink at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
NASA is targeting no earlier than Monday, April 19, for the very first flight of its Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at around 3: 30 a.m. EDT (12: 30 a.m. PDT).
Data from the very first flight will go back to Earth a couple of hours following the self-governing flight. A livestream will start at 6: 15 a.m. EDT (3: 15 a.m. PDT) as the helicopter group prepares to get the information downlink in the Space Flight Operations Facility at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Watch on NASA Television, the firm app, site, and social networks platforms, consisting of YouTube and Facebook.
If the flight happens April 19, a postflight instruction will be held at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT).
The individuals are:
- Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate
- Michael Watkins, JPL director
- MiMi Aung, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter task supervisor at JPL
- Bob Balaram, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter primary engineer at JPL
- Håvard Grip, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter primary pilot at JPL
- Justin Maki, Perseverance Mars rover imaging researcher and deputy primary private investigator of Mastcam-Z instrument at JPL
The public likewise might ask concerns on social networks throughout the livestream and instruction utilizing #MarsHelicopter.
Find the most recent schedule updates at:
https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/#Watch-Online
The initial flight date of April 11 moved as engineers dealt with preflight checks and an option to a command series concern. The rover will offer assistance throughout flight operations, taking images, gathering ecological information, and hosting the base station that makes it possible for the helicopter to interact with objective controllers on Earth.
This innovation presentation is supported by NASA’s Science, Aeronautics Research, and Space Technology objective directorates. JPL, handled for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, constructed and handles operations for Ingenuity and the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover.
