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Mike Wehner
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NASA's Mars helicopter accomplished an incredible first this week by taking flight on the Red Planet. It's the first time that a manmade aircraft took to the skies of another world, and the apparent ease with which it completed this task is a great sign for the future of aerial vehicles for the purposes of space exploration. That being said, the first video we got of the event wasn't the greatest. It was low resolution, grainy, and you could barely see what was happening. Now, after a few days with the raw footage, NASA has released a new enhanced video that shows the flight with much more clarity, even showing the cloud of dust that the helicopter kicked up when it left the ground.
The helicopter's maiden flight was a pretty low-weight affair. All the helicopter had to do was take off, hover for about half a minute, and then land. It nailed every part of the plan, and its hover was very stable. With this newly-enhanced video, we can see for the first time just how steady it was.
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NASA just released an enhanced video of its Mars helicopter originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 21 Apr 2021 at 19:20:51 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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