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 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.
Apr 06, 2018
Artificial intelligence, augmented reality and other new digital technologies are infiltrating aerospace and defense businesses faster than expected, a new report claims. Listen in as we discuss how industry is reacting to new technologies.
Apr 06, 2018
Commerce secretary pushes greater U.S. share of the global space economy.
Apr 06, 2018
ULA CEO Tony Bruno has bold claims for the company’s space propulsion module, which starts off as an upper stage on ULA’s planned Vulcan rocket.
Apr 04, 2018
The UAE Space Agency has confirmed that China's Tiangong-1 Space Laboratory reentered the Earth's atmosphere on April 2 and broken up over the South Pacific at 04:16 am UAE time. The laboratory’s descent was not visible to the naked eye in the UAE.
Apr 04, 2018
U.S. Air Force mulls bids to ensure at least two commercially viable orbital space transport systems from 2022. Rockets with Russian engines need not apply.
Apr 03, 2018
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Apr 02, 2018
Protecting against lightning; connecting IoT via space; supercapacitors for energy storage; Flexible ultrasonic sensor; drone concerns in New Zealand.