Ingenuity, NASA’s miniature Mars helicopter, is nearly ready to make history with the first powered flight on another planet.
The team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Friday that it had completed final reviews of systems integrating the copter with the Perserverance rover.
JPL lead engineers Farah Alibay and Timothy Canham said they were readying for the historic mission.
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“Yes, we are definitely very excited,” Canham said in an update. “Right now, the helicopter is still attached to the rover. So, we’re keeping it warm and fed. We’re charging the batteries. And, we’re also working with Farah’s team to identify a final site for the helicopter.”
On Wednesday, JPL announced that it had chosen the flight zone in which to deploy Ingenuity.
Alibay said the first thing her team has to do to prepare for…
