13 March 2019
'Marscopter' to accompany rover on Mars 2020 mission
... the Mars 2020 mission. Designed to fly as high as 4.5 metres (15 feet) above the ground, the Mars helicopter – or "Marscopter – weighs just under two kilograms (four pounds) and is the size of a softball. It will propel itself around...
23 July 2020
China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission launches successfully
... and climate of Mars. The rover will also be accompanied by a small, autonomous rotorcraft nicknamed a “Marscopter.” The Marscopter is essentially a technology demonstration programme to test the viability and potential of heavier-than-air vehicles...
22 March 2021
The first look at Ingenuity on Mars
... first glimpse of the first aircraft on Mars, Ingenuity; a move which signals the process of safely delivering the Marscopter to the surface of the planet. When NASA’s Mars 2020 mission successfully deployed the Perseverance rover on the...
29 March 2019
NASA's Mars helicopter completes flight tests
Since the Wright brothers first took to the skies of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, Dec. 17, 1903, first flights have been important milestones in the life of any vehicle designed for air travel. After all, it's one thing to design an aircraft ...
29 July 2020
Mars 2020 mission, Perseverance rover 'go for launch,' says NASA
NASA on Monday gave its latest Mars rover Perseverance the all clear to launch later this week on a mission to seek out signs of ancient microbial life. "The launch readiness review is complete, and we are indeed go for launch," administrator Jim ...
28 June 2019
NASA drone to search for signs of early life on Titan
... could be a regular feature on our nearest planetary neighbours too. NASA has already said it will send a small Marscopter to the Red Planet with its Mars 2020 mission and now the agency has said it will...
