Ingenuity Mars helicopter will be 'pushed to limit' on test flights, Nasa says

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Press Association 2021
Artist’s impression issued by Nasa of their Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter (Nasa-JPL-Caltech/AP)
Nasa scientists who successfully executed the first controlled flight on another planet said the Ingenuity Mars helicopter will be “pushed to the limit” during future tests.
Asked during a post-flight press conference if Nasa wants its helicopter to crash to show it has tested the full range of its capabilities, MiMi Aung, the project manager at Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), said she expects it will “meet its limit”.
Nasa’s Ingenuity Mars miniature helicopter completed the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on Monday, and will attempt to complete four more test flights involving further distances and higher altitudes in the next two weeks.

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