Thursday, August 13, 2020

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter recharges its batteries in flight

Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 14, 2020
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter received a checkout and recharge of its power system on Friday, Aug. 7, one week into its near seven-month journey to Mars with the Perseverance rover. This marks the first time the helicopter has been powered up and its batteries have been charged in the space environment. During the eight-hour operation, the performance of the rotorcraft's six lithium-ion

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