Artykuły o Perseverance, Ingenuity

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NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter aces first longer-range flight on Mars
April 25, 2021 Stephen Clark [SFN]

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter flew farther and faster Sunday than the rotorcraft’s first two test flights in the Martian atmosphere, traveling the length of a football field while exceeding distances and speeds achieved during testing on Earth, officials said.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/04/25/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-aces-first-longer-range-flight-on-mars/

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Ingenuity performs third Mars flight as final, most challenging tests await
by Jeff Foust — April 26, 2021


The Perseverance rover captured this image of Ingenuity during its third flight on Mars April 25. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter performed its third flight on Mars April 25, setting it up for its final, and most challenging, tests.

Ingenuity took off from the Martian surface at 4:31 a.m. Eastern, going up to an altitude of five meters. It then flew 50 meters downrange and back before touching down 80 seconds after takeoff, according to data that arrived on Earth about six hours after the flight. The helicopter reached a top speed of two meters per second during the flight.

Source: https://spacenews.com/ingenuity-performs-third-mars-flight-as-final-most-challenging-tests-await/

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Ingenuity shifts from technology to operations demo after successful fourth flight
by Jeff Foust — April 30, 2021 [SN]


A hazard camera on the Perseverance Mars rover captured an image of the Ingenuity helicopter during its fourth flight April 30. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

WASHINGTON — With four flights now complete, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter will transition from being strictly a technology demonstration to a test of its ability to work in cooperation with the Perseverance rover.

Source: https://spacenews.com/ingenuity-shifts-from-technology-to-operations-demo-after-successful-fourth-flight/

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Mars helicopter ‘muscles through’ navigation glitch on sixth flight
May 27, 2021 Stephen Clark [SFN]


One of the cameras on the Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument took this picture of the Ingenuity helicopter April 9. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter safely landed after wobbling, suffering power spikes, and enduring velocity fluctuations on its sixth flight at Mars, officials said Wednesday.

The helicopter took off May 22 on its sixth automated flight and completed the first leg of a planned 705-foot (215-meter) excursion without a hitch. But Ingenuity started tilting back and forth in an oscillating pattern, encountering roll and pitch excursions of more than 20 degrees, registering large control inputs, and suffered spikes in power consumption, according to Håvard Grip, the helicopter’s chief pilot at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/05/27/mars-helicopter-muscles-through-navigation-glitch-on-sixth-flight/

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NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces post-glitch seventh flight
"No anomalies in flight 7, Ingenuity is healthy!" [cnet]
Amanda Kooser June 9, 2021 6:59 a.m. PT


Ingenuity snapped this view of its shadow with its navigation camera during its seventh flight. NASA/JPL-Caltech

There were some tense moments with NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter last month when it went wonky during its sixth flight. But the plucky chopper survived the in-flight anomaly, set itself down safely, and then proved its mettle by completing a seventh flight.

On Friday, NASA had announced it was aiming for no earlier than Sunday, June 6, for the next leg in Ingenuity's epic journey. It takes time to get data and updates from Mars, so we had to wait for the report. On Tuesday, NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab tweeted that flight seven was a success.

While the tech glitch on the earlier flight was concerning, the Perseverance rover was able to confirm that Ingenuity landed itself in a safe spot. The most recent flight lasted 62.8 seconds and took the rotorcraft to a new location 350 feet (106 meters) away.

Source: https://www.cnet.com/news/nasa-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-aces-post-glitch-seventh-flight/#:~:text=NASA%27s%20Mars%20helicopter,a.m.%20PT

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NASA studying larger Mars helicopters
by Jeff Foust — June 24, 2021 [SN]


A concept called Mars Science Helicopter, shown in a video at a recent Mars exploration meeting, would fly a 30-kilogram hexacopter capable of traveling up to 10 kilometers per flight and carry five kilograms of science payloads. Credit: NASA JPL/NASA Ames/AeroVironment

WASHINGTON — With the Ingenuity helicopter continuing to demonstrate its abilities on Mars, NASA engineers are examining concepts for larger, more capable rotorcraft that could be flown on future missions.

Ingenuity performed its eighth flight on Mars June 21, traveling 160 meters and landing at a new site 133.5 meters from the Perseverance rover. The flight, which lasted 77.4 seconds, was the third since Ingenuity shifted from its original five-flight technology demonstration mission, proving it could fly in the thin Martian atmosphere, to serving as an operations demonstration working in conjunction with Perseverance.

Those flights are scheduled to continue for at least a few more months.

Source: https://spacenews.com/nasa-studying-larger-mars-helicopters/

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Mars rover gearing up for first sample collection work
July 21, 2021 William Harwood STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS & USED WITH PERMISSION [SFN]


A light-colored “paver stone” like the ones seen in this mosaic will be the likely target for first sampling by the Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

Five months after landing on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover is gearing up to collect its first core sample next month, mission managers said Wednesday, drilling out a lipstick-size bit of rock from the floor of an ancient lakebed where the remnants of past microbial life might be preserved.

Source: https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/07/21/mars-rover-gearing-up-for-first-sample-collection-work/

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Perseverance collects first Mars samples
by Jeff Foust — September 13, 2021 [SN]


An image from NASA's Perseverance Mars rover shows where the rover drilled into a rock called Rochette and collected two samples. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has collected and stored the first samples of Martian rock for later return to Earth, but exactly when those samples will arrive on Earth remains uncertain.

At a Sept. 10 news briefing, NASA officials and project scientists hailed the collection of two samples from a rock dubbed “Rochette” as a major step forward in the long-term Mars sample return effort that will conclude no earlier than a decade from now with those samples returned to Earth.

Source: https://spacenews.com/perseverance-collects-first-mars-samples/

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Ingenuity still “as good as new” after nearly a year on Mars
by Jeff Foust — March 12, 2022 [SN]


Ingenuity, originally developed as a tech demo with a goal of up to five flights, has now flown 21 times and serves as a scout for the Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

WASHINGTON — After nearly a year of operations, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter is still “as good as new” as it serves as a scout for the Perseverance rover.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced March 11 that Ingenuity completed its 21st flight on the planet, traveling 370 meters during the 129-second flight. The helicopter has now traveled more than 4.6 kilometers since its first flight in April 2021.

Source: https://spacenews.com/ingenuity-still-as-good-as-new-after-nearly-a-year-on-mars/

NASA’s Perseverance rover spots its own parachute on Mars
April 13, 2022 Stephen Clark [SFN]


The Mastcam-Z instrument on the Perseverance rover captured this view April 8 of the craft’s parachute and back shell on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

More than a year after arriving on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover has spotted its parachute and part of its aeroshell sitting on the surface of the Red Planet as the robot heads for a dried-up river delta where liquid water flowed billions of years ago.

The rover’s long-range zoom camera captured an image of the orange-and-white parachute lying on the rust-colored Martian soil. The craft’s back shell, which helped shield Perseverance during its plunge into the Martian atmosphere last year, is visible near the parachute.

The rover jettisoned the parachute and back shell about a minute before landing in Jezero Crater, a basin once covered in liquid water fed by a river flowing down from nearby highlands. The rover then slowed for landing with the help of a rocket pack, which lowered Perseverance to the surface of Mars on cables and bridles in a technologically complex method NASA calls the “sky crane.”
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/04/13/nasas-perseverance-rover-spots-its-own-parachute-on-mars/

Ingenuity’s record-breaking year transforms Mars exploration
April 19, 2022 Clive Simpson [SN]


Credit: NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter imaged by the zoomable Mastcam-Z camera on the Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

The first-ever powered flights over another planet have proved a resounding success for NASA’s JPL team, which is celebrating Ingenuity’s 12-month anniversary of its first helicopter hop on Mars Tuesday.

Some 25 flights later, the Ingenuity helicopter — which hitched a ride to Mars on NASA’s Perseverance rover — is going from strength to strength.

Speaking exclusively to Spaceflight Now, Jaakko Karras, Ingenuity chief engineer at NASA’s JPL, Pasadena, California, said: “It’s an exciting milestone and Ingenuity really has exceeded all our best expectations.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/04/19/ingenuitys-record-breaking-year-transforms-mars-exploration/

Perseverance rover records solar eclipse on Mars
May 4, 2022 Stephen Clark [SFN]



The zoomable camera on NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars recently captured a dramatic view of Phobos, the largest of the Red Planet’s two potato-shaped moons, crossing the face of the sun in a solar eclipse lasting a little more than 40 seconds.

The Mastcam-Z instrument on the Perseverance rover recorded the solar eclipse April 2, according to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Phobos measures 17 miles (27 kilometers) across on its longest axis, and orbits about 3,700 miles (6,000 kilometers) from the Martian surface, completing three laps around the planet per day.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/05/04/perseverance-rover-records-solar-eclipse-on-mars/

Ingenuity “hunkering down” during Martian dust storms and winter
by Jeff Foust — May 30, 2022 [SN]


NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter is waiting out dust storms and a winter season that reduce the amount of power its solar panels generate and thus its ability to fly. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

WASHINGTON — Dust storms and changing seasons will limit the ability of NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter to fly for the next several months, a project engineer said May 27.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory released May 27 a video compiled from images taken by Ingenuity on a record-setting flight April 8. On that flight, the helicopter traveled 704 meters at a speed of 5.5 meters per second, the longest and fastest flight yet for the tiny helicopter.
https://spacenews.com/ingenuity-hunkering-down-during-martian-dust-storms-and-winter/

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Ingenuity Mars helicopter mission ends after 72 flights
Jeff Foust January 25, 2024


An image of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter in flight April 22, 2021, seen by the Mastcam-Z camera on the nearby Perseverance rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

WASHINGTON — NASA has declared the end of the mission for the Ingenuity Mars helicopter after 72 flights, exceeding even the most optimistic expectations.

NASA announced Jan. 25 that Ingenuity’s rotor sustained damage on its most recent flight Jan. 18. On that flight, contact between the helicopter and the Perseverance Mars rover was interrupted during the helicopter’s descent, but restored the following day. (...)

While Ingenuity is upright and in communication with controllers, images it returned showed damage to the tip of one of its rotor blades. “We’re investigating the possibility that the blade struck the ground,” Nelson said. NASA said in a statement it was still studying what caused the loss of communications and how the helicopter landed.
https://spacenews.com/ingenuity-mars-helicopter-mission-ends-after-72-flights/