Mars Helicopter Flight Test Delayed After Rotor Checkout Issue

Irene Klotz April 11, 2021
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...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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