Ingenuity: NASA's remarkable Martian helicopter

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20 күн бұрын

When NASA added a drone named Ingenuity to its Mars 2020 rover Perseverance, it expected the tiny four-pound helicopter to fly a total of five very brief missions in the thin Martian atmosphere. But Ingenuity far surpassed all expectations, flying dozens of flights before suffering damage to its rotors in January. Correspondent David Pogue reports on how the tiny drone, created from off-the-shelf parts, continued to provide valuable data and images from the Red Planet three years into its mission.
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@oogrooq 19 күн бұрын

If engineers ran the country, everything would work better than expected.

@MikeC32958 19 күн бұрын

Except car engineers....

@waltonsimons9082 18 күн бұрын

@@MikeC32958 Automotive engineers would make everything run great as well! until your warranty runs out

@janusconner3710 11 күн бұрын

What you said. Maybe I'm partial, though; my daddy was an electrical engineer.

@user-kk1ne9wf7j 2 күн бұрын

@@MikeC32958 Sadly, they are constrained by corporate bean counters who control the show. OP's conclusion holds true. 😉

@tishw4576 19 күн бұрын

The rock star of the mission.

@ellisc.foleyjr9778 17 күн бұрын

I'm 81 yrs old and have followed the space program since Sputnik! got my attention. and marveled at The shuttles, Hubble, Webb, but I have to say "The Little copter that could" impressed me greatly and as a vet and a devout patriot, I can't express the pride I felt in that little critter and what it did. Great job to the engineers that created the "Little copter that could" ECF.

@philrambow8293 16 күн бұрын

I am also 81and share your thoughts. Science has brought us many gifts. This was one of them.

@dannyarcher6370 16 күн бұрын

I hope you'll still be with us when Elon finally puts humans on Mars!

@honkeykong9563 18 күн бұрын

To Think, Kane Tanaka was born Jan 2nd 1903. In December of that same year, The Wright Brothers successfully made the world's first powered flight. 118 Years later, in 2021 the very first powered flight was achieved on another planet, when the ingenuity copter hovered over the surface of mars. On that date, Feb 18, 2021, Kane Tanaka was still alive at the incredible age of 118!

@kimberknutson831 19 күн бұрын

I love this show so much. I sobbed through most of the story about the music festival where so many innocent people died. This story came on next, and I found my smile again. Thank you.

@kamuelalee 18 күн бұрын

Best NASA news in a while.

@marsbound2024 19 күн бұрын

Also, Ingenuity was quite a bargain at only $85 million to design and develop whereas Perseverance cost just under $3 billion, and that was cheaper than Curiosity because it could reuse parts and design to some extent. Curiosity cost $3.2 billion in 2020 dollars. Nonetheless, it is for sure that both rovers are far, far more capable in terms of the science they can do than Ingenuity. They are essentially roving laboratories.

@luistpuig 19 күн бұрын

Well done!

@ywc024 16 күн бұрын

I followed its journey since perseverance mars landing. It was a great human achievement. Look forward to greater things ahead

@kckgirl78 19 күн бұрын

Fascinating! 🚁🚀😲

@steveconn 19 күн бұрын

Amazing they can remote such a tiny unmanned device from that distance.

@2147B 19 күн бұрын

radio waves. A natural occurrence in our universe we have figured out how to utilize. Radio waves travel at the speed of light

@codymoe4986 19 күн бұрын

@2147B....Still leaves a delay of over 30 minutes between Earth and Mars...

@user-ht1xu4gv2u 19 күн бұрын

@@codymoe4986 pre program the f Oghts with safety landings built in. To prevent crashed I event of LOS

@MeerkatADV 17 күн бұрын

Automated

@nancychace8619 18 күн бұрын

The little copter that could 🙂

@patrick815 18 күн бұрын

Its 80 below zero at night. Im definitely not going

@ravenscry048 18 күн бұрын

The great cheap experiment that has provided so much help and information to the MARS project. Thank god NASA administrators approved sending it up/along . What a a great confirmation for ingenuity/creative scientific work. Yeah!

@fischkopf 19 күн бұрын

Whomever approved ingenuity should be recognized and promoted - it's not easy doing the right thing when stupid people are staring you down.

@DavidPogue 16 күн бұрын

They've actually won several awards! www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasas-pioneering-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-awarded-collier-trophy/

@shanecoleman7114 18 күн бұрын

Iove that you see Mark Rober the KZfaqr in one clip. Lol Well, you see his eyes. But I can tell it's him.

@janusconner3710 11 күн бұрын

I could CRY about the Wright brothers secreted inclusion. Beyond cool!

@gerrygorbach7693 19 күн бұрын

Very cool.

@delfincruz6786 10 күн бұрын

WOW, what a miracle and what a remarkable team accomplishment with the lucky charm ❤❤

@tomhools1605 18 күн бұрын

They should send a whole fleet of helicopters on Mars.

@well-thy 18 күн бұрын

5:50 WFH Ultimate level

@VEGANSAM 18 күн бұрын

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this...& those people.

@johnmcnulty4425 18 күн бұрын

Can't wait for that next generation of drone copters to take flight on Mars!

@Rodzillaone 2 күн бұрын

Touché' Lets keep building Mars drones!

@japjoem4077 17 күн бұрын

Here on earth 150mph winds throw cars around like toys, but on mars 400mph winds don't mess with this little drone,smh

@MeerkatADV 17 күн бұрын

1% atmospheric density. And I'd love to know where you got 400mph? The strongest winds measured on mars is 60mph.

@japjoem4077 17 күн бұрын

Yes, it is true that the winds on Mars can reach speeds of up to 400 miles per hour (about 644 kilometers per hour). Mars has a much thinner atmosphere compared to Earth, but the lower gravity on Mars allows winds to reach higher speeds than they would on Earth

@hera7884 4 күн бұрын

I always tell people, NASA does use a lot of resources but they are not wasteful with them. It may seem wasteful when it fails of course, but when it works it was worth every Penny.

@SeeBS2 18 күн бұрын

Too cool!!!!!!!!

@maltedmilk6888 19 күн бұрын

Wow!

@keurikeuri7851 15 күн бұрын

Ingenuity department could just had been a hobby part of NASA in the beginning of the mission. But the little Ingenuity worked hard to prove how important they are and eventually it paved the way for its predecessors to be born for future missions.

@Bippy55 9 күн бұрын

Yay NASA and the USA for achieving air flight on another planet! A space first!

@MikeC32958 19 күн бұрын

Astounding 😮😊

@nolsp7240 12 күн бұрын

Imagine building a helicopter capable of flying more the 65,000 ft. here on earth.

@saleemalam8795 4 күн бұрын

It’s just amazing 😊😢

@theearc2186 16 күн бұрын

Anybody else noticed that he said 427 at exactly 4:27 of the video?

@quentinmanson3287 16 күн бұрын

So cool and amazing

@oprahIV 13 күн бұрын

It means so much to me to see the successes of our space program in terms of national pride, but it pleases me more when I think about what it means for humanity as a whole. All of humanity stands on the shoulders of those who came before from all walks of life. All of humanity in some way led us to this point. Humanity has put man into space! We’ve put man on our own moon! We’ve sent rovers to another planet! And now we’ve flown a mini helicopter on another planet! Like, this stuff is absolutely amazing! Just imagine what we could accomplish in our own country if we saw space as the great unifier that it is. Just think what we as a species could accomplish if we all put some effort into space exploration together rather! What leaps and bounds we could make in our journey for a better world because we chose to work together to explore space. Man, what a dream. Hopefully, a dream fully realized sooner rather than later.

@sa4769 18 күн бұрын

Wow

@jbphoto360 19 күн бұрын

Go NASA!

@raybeauvais296 19 күн бұрын

It should also be noted that Perseverance has been struggling with navigating since losing Ingenuity. Here is the latest: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdqpiMebyZPPgZs.htmlsi=QPEM2toURImZDvEa

@peterlundskow4061 19 күн бұрын

This makes me so proud of NASA. Space X etc. can take a hike as far as I'm concerned. Robotics is the way to explore the solar system, not send people on a "one way trip" to terraform another planet, & mess it up like ours. Hey, Mr. Musk why don't you spend your billions on helping get our planet back in order!

@jimparsons6803 19 күн бұрын

Scrappy widget. Glad that the idea caught on. Future missions will likely save a lot of time and $ with their own choppers. When are going to do this again?

@user-ht1xu4gv2u 19 күн бұрын

Gonna have a plane next time talk is

@jimparsons6803 13 күн бұрын

@@user-ht1xu4gv2u How big will the proposed planes be?

@ManaBDew 14 күн бұрын

Greetings Madam I followed Up with Perseverance congratulations to the person who was selected for this and, such a great amazing Name ! ✌️😎👍🌎🤩 The fun didn’t stop there we are pioneers and, ingenuity after 7 months the last stop is a celebration 🎊 Good job Godspeed sincerely team earth 🌎

@hummersd 19 күн бұрын

For some reason (need to go back to googling more info to correct my thinking... not that it matters; I'm not going to Mars) I thought Mars was inhabitable. These temps and winters are definitely not! 😆

@waltonsimons9082 18 күн бұрын

It's believed that Mars used to be habitable in the distant past. Now it's just a rust bucket, most likely.

@bp900 19 күн бұрын

The interviewer is tickled pink about this. Shout out to the engineers that do all these amazing things

@DigitalMangoShake 18 күн бұрын

Watching the first images of Ingenuity flying is like watching a baby taking its first steps. The interviewer may have felt some sort if giddiness especially since he covered Ingenuity since its development.

@DavidPogue 16 күн бұрын

@@DigitalMangoShake You are absolutely right!

@captainnima 18 күн бұрын

This is just too cool and awesome.

@daniellozano8057 19 күн бұрын

How long does it actually take to get there? And then, how long does it take to communicate?

@marsbound2024 19 күн бұрын

It takes about 7 months during a Hohmann transfer orbit using current technology to launch from Earth and have a spacecraft make its way to Mars. Communication times varies depending upon both Earth's position in its orbit and Mars. Thus, it may be a few minutes to send a signal each way or much longer. Thus, real-time communication is not possible (in fact, "real-time communication" isn't really even possible past high-Earth orbit, well under lunar distance).

@user-ht1xu4gv2u 19 күн бұрын

Data stored on rovers then uplinked to orbiters then to earth deep space network......@@marsbound2024

@williamlouie569 17 күн бұрын

Besides wings they should also add some wheels to Ingenuity!

@DavidPogue 16 күн бұрын

great minds think alike... the next Mars helicopter WILL have wheels!

@xinzeng-iq7zv 5 күн бұрын

that would make it too far away for rocket to reach

@nicholejohnson4275 17 күн бұрын

Thing. Thing.. Terminator…

@alileevil 17 күн бұрын

Lets build a small lightweight helicopter for Mars, a planet known for dust storms. What could go wrong!

@coreysuffield 10 күн бұрын

Mar's atmosphere is very thin thus causing the wind to actually be quite weak, that is why the heli props have to spin insanely fast to fly. if you are referencing the movie the martian, the cause for the premise of the movie is false. it would be nearly impossible for the wind on mars to cause damage, the dust in the wind does more harm by blocking solar panels

@KartikPatel-nt4ff 17 күн бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅well information good show 😮😅😅

@arsalanhasan2953 8 күн бұрын

Can we change the name from Ingenuity to Lazarus?

@xinzeng-iq7zv 5 күн бұрын

nasa has made a drone more advance than anything dyi community could create

@omaralbertoacerovargas714 16 күн бұрын

I just hope those pieces from wright's did not bring any microbes to mars n_n

@kmonroe5785 13 күн бұрын

Why would anyone be against flying a drone on another planet?

@nicholashylton6857 13 күн бұрын

Literally every gram of mass on the rover must be in service of its main science mission. Ingenuity had no specific science goal. It was a tech demo. It could have taken up room for an experiment that may be invaluable to finding life on Mars or, perhaps, sending people there. And, of course, these missions aren't cheap. ( *Note:* If you're thinking Musk could send a mission - manned or unmanned - to Mars faster & for a fraction of the costs, that's complete nonsense. The guy habitually over-promises and under-delivers. Only now and then do they have a relationship with reality.)

@escuelainternacionaldeinte5646 12 күн бұрын

😊 we need to be impredecibles

@shaunskosana2202 7 күн бұрын

Humanoid robot next to clean solar panets , but now it must able to see if plants can survive inside a glass for a longer time planet trees and anything growing in the cold weather

@xinzeng-iq7zv 5 күн бұрын

well, time for more gaming

@sherylcrowe3255 19 күн бұрын

Seems like drones should have been the first vehicles up there. They wouldn't have caused as much damage.

@kristoffermangila 18 күн бұрын

But then again, all those rovers and landers that landed on Mars were and are, drones.

@waltonsimons9082 18 күн бұрын

As much damage as what? Leaving a few tracks that'll be gone in a while, and drilling a few holes hardly qualifies as 'damaging a planet'...

@MeerkatADV 17 күн бұрын

Damage?

@adamhuffman3354 19 күн бұрын

With this NASA might just find an alien made artifact! Wondering how quickly they’ll move to recover it or if they’ll even make it known.

@waltonsimons9082 18 күн бұрын

Complete non sense. Even if an ETI visited the Solar system at some point (and no, there's 0 evidence for that), why would they leave anything on Mars?

@MeerkatADV 17 күн бұрын

Lol

@effenwolf 13 күн бұрын

There is absolutely no way that helicopter could fly in Mars atmosphere if it ever was there to begin with. #notasheep

@rickeywissing1956 10 күн бұрын

Why don't they all get together and get to the moon then go to these other planets,seems like such a waste of valuable time,put all your eggs in one basket ,got a helicopter and rovers on the Mars and nothing on the moon duhhhh,sorry you go right past the moon.

@coreysuffield 10 күн бұрын

other countries already have landers, rovers, and orbiters on the moon, men have literally walked on the moon and brought back samples. a lot of science on the moon is known, Mars is a much greater mystery.

@bheravi 19 күн бұрын

Kudos and congratulations to the team, You make us all look so humble.

@YouDOntSayThat. 19 күн бұрын

That’s some great footage of Arizona/Nevada desert

@Magdalena8008s 19 күн бұрын

Oh stop it. You people are absurd.

@raybeauvais296 19 күн бұрын

@@Magdalena8008s Having all the answers before any question is even asked just makes life a lot safer.

@codymoe4986 19 күн бұрын

Where's the plants and wildlife? Something the deserts of the American SW, certainly have...

@MeerkatADV 17 күн бұрын

Tells me you've never been to Arizona or Nevada.

@gadgetollie 15 күн бұрын

Here's some additional help for you to get through life... The earth is not flat California wildfires are not started by Jewish space lasers We did land on the moon We are not ancestors of an ancient race of lizard people The Devil's Tower is not a giant tree stump The earth is older than 6,000 years If there's anything else I can help you with, please let me know.