Seonglae ChoPerseverance Rover Captures Awesome Video of Helicopter Flying on Mars
Though Ingenuity continues to break its own records as the first powered, controlled flying machine on another planet, we haven't had have much visual evidence of its exploits. There's the telemetry data that NASA scientists receive on Earth, but not much in the way of photos and videos.
https://gizmodo.com/perseverance-rover-captures-awesome-video-of-helicopter-1848089009
China on Mars: Zhurong rover returns first pictures
It weighs some 240kg. A tall mast carries cameras to take pictures and aid navigation; five additional instruments will investigate the mineralogy of local rocks and the general nature of the environment, including the weather.
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-57172346?utm_source=tldrnewsletter
My $500M Mars Rover Mistake: A Failure Story — Chris Lewicki
Some mistakes feel worse than death.
https://www.chrislewicki.com/articles/failurestory
Mars helicopter
It turns out NASA’s Mars helicopter was much more revolutionary than we knew
Ingenuity packed more computing power than all other NASA deep space missions combined.
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/01/now-that-weve-flown-on-mars-what-comes-next-in-aerial-planetary-exploration
Mars rover mission will use pioneering nuclear power source
Nature - The radioactive unit will help to deliver Europe’s first Mars rover to the planet’s surface.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01487-6
