NASA Tackles Mars Helicopter Nav System Issue After Anomaly

Mars
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
NASA engineers are working on corrective actions to fix a navigation system timing issue on the agency’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter after the vehicle encountered an anomaly on its sixth flight which resulted in pitch and roll excursions up to 20 deg. The problem occurred 54 sec. into the May 23...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

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