Why Did The Mars Helicopter Disappear?

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A massive thank you to the team at JPL and especially Teddy Tzanetos, Travis Brown, Håvard Grip and DC Agle

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0:00 How Did Ingenuity Get To Mars?
3:23 Better Results, Bigger Expectations
6:15 Wobblecopter
7:48 Dust On Mars
9:41 What Is The Temperature On Mars?
11:54 Wake-Up Call
13:41 Android To The Rescue
16:22 Cosmic Rays
20:53 Dune and The Crash
25:26 The Next Generation

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References:

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - NASA Science via science.nasa.gov - ve42.co/marsheli
Ingenuity Poised for First Extraterrestrial Flight via www.batterytechonline.com - ve42.co/batflight
Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - NASA Science via science.nasa.gov - ve42.co/marsheli2
Ingenuity (helicopter) via Wikipedia - ve42.co/wikiheli
Mars Facts | NASA Mars Exploration via science.nasa.gov - ve42.co/marsfacts
Inside the Ingenuity Helicopter Teamwork on Mars via insideunmannedsystems.com - ve42.co/marscrew
Ingenuity Adapts for Mars Winter Operations via science.nasa.gov - ve42.co/marswinter
Ingenuity Is Doing Surprisingly Well via www.universetoday.com - ve42.co/marswell
Remember NASA's Little Mars Copter? It's Still Going Strong via www.sciencealert.com - ve42.co/marsstrong
How Far Away Is Mars? via www.space.com - ve42.co/marsdist
Mars Cameras via science.nasa.gov - ve42.co/marsorb
Mars Exploration Meeting Documentation via www.hou.usra.edu - ve42.co/marsmeet
Ingenuity Quick Facts via www.jpl.nasa.gov - ve42.co/marsquick
Flight 14 Delayed via science.nasa.gov - ve42.co/marsspin
Ingenuity Almost Crashed Due to Camera Glitch via petapixel.com - ve42.co/marsglitch
Grounded: First Flight Delay Due to Weather via science.nasa.gov - ve42.co/marsdelay
Mars Scientific Study via agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com - ve42.co/marsstudy

Additional References - ve42.co/MarsAdRefs

Images & Video:

Images and video from Perseverance and Ingenuity missions supplied by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Written by Henry van Dyck
Edited by Trenton Oliver
On-site Interviews by Jonny Hyman
Filming by Alex Gorosh
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