NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that will ...
Helicopters on Mars may sound like something from a science fiction novel — or perhaps just a typical "Doctor Who" episode. But actually, they're not fully confined to the world of sci-fi; after all, ...
A little more than three years since NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter ended its pioneering mission at Mars, engineers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California are designing next-generation Martian ...
Supersonic milestone: NASA rotor blades reached Mach 1.08 in tests, marking the first time Mars-bound rotors have broken the sound barrier. Why it matters: The breakthrough increases lift by 30%, ...
Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have demonstrated that the blades of their next-generation Mars helicopter rotors can punch past the speed of sound and ...
NASA engineers spun next-gen Mars helicopter blades past Mach 1 without shattering them. See how JPL unlocked the future of alien flight.
After a few years ago it proved for the first time ever that powered, controlled flight on Mars is possible, American space agency NASA is now planning the next step in planetary exploration. This ...
It’s always good news when we hear about NASA’s “out-of-this-world” next steps toward building a replacement for Ingenuity, the small Mars helicopter-drone. With 72 flights over 1,004 days, Ingenuity ...
Martian Flying Objects: After successfully testing the first extraterrestrial flying object with Ingenuity, NASA is now looking ahead to the next phase of its Mars flight activities. The space agency ...