The Mars Helicopter

First Helicopter to Fly on Mars

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Hunter's comment

The Mars Helicopter, a small, autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles on the Red Planet.

Flying a helicopter on Mars may seem to be an ordinary task, but it's not due to three reasons

• Mars atmosphere is just 1% dense as of earth, so to fly a helicopter there, it needs to be super strong(3,000 rpm) and ultra light.
• Autonomous flight due to time delay between Earth and Mars.
• Most robust landing system for harsh Martian conditions.

This helicopter will be deployed via Mars Rover and it will fly upto a few hundred meters for 90sec.

1. It will help rover to look beyond its line of sight.
2. Solar panel on top of rotors will charge it.
3. Total autonomous flight.

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Link

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/mars-helicopter-to-fly-on-nasa-s-next-red-planet-rover-mission

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