NASA's "genius" helicopter continues to fly on Mars. The helicopter recently completed its ninth mission, which is actually the most challenging genius flight on the Red Planet, setting several new records.
According to NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), the genius was suspended during the flight for 166.4 seconds, breaking the previous record of this helicopter. Genius was already flying in the air in the sixth flight in 139.9 seconds. The 1.8-kilogram helicopter flew 625 meters on the ninth flight, breaking its 266-meter record on the fourth flight .
Also, the maximum speed of genius in this flight reached 5 meters per second, which was 1 meter per second faster than the speed of this helicopter in the sixth flight. The official JPL Twitter confirmed the successful flight with a video release. In this image, we see a shadow of genius on the surface of Mars.
NASA's small helicopter first flew over the Red Planet on April 20 . On that flight, the genius climbed to a height of 3 meters and remained suspended for 40 seconds. Since then, the missions have become longer and longer, and now it has reached its peak on the ninth flight.
NASA is pleased with the brilliant performance of genius in the very dilute atmosphere of Mars. This bird has carbon fiber wings that spin at 2400 rpm. This rotation speed is much faster than normal Earth helicopters, because the Earth's atmosphere is much more concentrated.
Genius has so far overcome almost all of the challenges facing the JPL and survived on Mars. The helicopter gets some of its energy from solar panels, so it lasts on cold Martian nights.
Although the genius has so far exceeded expectations, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has not completed the work with this helicopter, and they have prepared more flights to test the power of their helicopter and be ready to make corrections to the next versions of this device if necessary.
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