First Flight On Mars

On April 19, NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter became the first aircraft to fly on another planet.

Our most recent package details the historic first flight of the 4-lb. robotic rotorcraft, which lasted 39.1 seconds, and its follow-up venture on April 22, and looks ahead to its future test program. The technology lays the groundwork for aerial exploration of Mars, an aeronautical feat given the air density of Mars is less than 1% of the density on Earth. See below for more.

“How do we use aerial mobility in the future on Mars, to help not just robotic exploration, but to help human exploration?”
Ellen Stofan
Smithsonian
Apr 26, 2018
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Apr 25, 2018
The former congressman has been a champion of commercial space efforts, which should serve him well as SpaceX and Boeing prepare to launch humans to space.
Apr 23, 2018
Europe’s major players in space have long questioned the business case of reusing launchers but are evidently changing their minds.
Apr 20, 2018
A rare alignment of military space objectives and commercial initiatives catapult industry into a new frontier.
Apr 18, 2018
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Apr 17, 2018
Lockheed Martin has submitted a bid for a contract worth up to $10 billion to make the next set of GPS III satellites.
Apr 12, 2018
Analysis of Virgin Galactic’s initial test flight of the SS2 shows the spacecraft performed as well as, or in some cases better, than model-based predictions.
Apr 06, 2018
A UAE Space Agency delegation has taken part in Space Ops 2018, a prestigious international forum for discussing advanced and technical areas of space exploration hosted by the French Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) at the Palais du Pharo in Marseille.