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
Aug 12, 2015
At perihelion, the ESA mission will be able to glimpse the effect of that approach on the comet’s surface.
Aug 12, 2015
NASA funds further study of a propulsion system that could dramatically reduce the time required to explore the outer reaches of the Solar System and beyond.
Aug 10, 2015
Electric-aircraft challenge winner; NASA’s extreme-access flyers; blast-containing baggage container; TsAGI quiet supersonic idea.
Aug 09, 2015
The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has announced that it will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abu Dhabi Airports.
Aug 07, 2015
NASA specialists recently signaled the all clear for nibbling.
Aug 07, 2015
A year before its delayed first flight, the largest of China’s new family of space launchers is progressing through testing. The propulsion systems of the two core stages and the booster have now all been fired.
Aug 07, 2015
The NTSB’s aviation chief says recent accidents show cockpit videos are invaluable in determining crash causes.
Aug 06, 2015
The Harvard Business School Aerospace Alumni Group has announced late last week the official launch of its local chapter in Abu Dhabi at the opening of the Global Space and Satellite Forum, where the nation witnessed the official launch of the UAE Space Agency.