AGU Fall Meeting 2022 Press Conference: Space Helicopters! Aircraft for Other Worlds
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter began the era of powered-controlled flight on Mars back on April 19, 2021. Originally envisioned as a technology demonstrator that could fly up to five flights at the Red Planet, the diminutive rotorcraft is gearing up for Flight 36 as it not only continues its flight test mission, but supports the explorations of the Perseverance Mars rover. What is the status of Ingenuity, and its direct descendent, the Sample Retrieval Helicopters that are part of the agency’s Mars Sample Return Campaign? The briefing will also cover the latest with NASA’s Dragonfly quadcopter, which is destined to fly at the Saturnian moon Titan.
Speakers (all in-person):
Håvard Grip – JPL, NASA
Teddy Tzanetos – JPL, NASA
Elizabeth Turtle – Applied Physics Lab, NASA
