Mars Helicopter Flight Test Delayed After Rotor Checkout Issue

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
CAPE CANAVERAL—NASA is delaying the first flight of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter after a spin test of the vehicle’s rotors ended early, NASA said April 10. “The command sequence controlling the test ended early due to a ‘watchdog’ timer expiration [that] occurred as [the sequence] was trying to...

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