NASA is developing a Mars helicopter that could land itself from orbit

NASA is engaged on plans to ship one other helicopter to Mars. The craft would land itself after screaming into the planet’s ambiance at velocity, earlier than masking a number of kilometres a day whereas carrying scientific tools.

Several landers have safely touched down on the floor of Mars utilizing parachutes and rockets to gradual their descent. Some have even contained wheeled rovers that could discover the floor. Then got here NASA’s helicopter drone Ingenuity. Although it was engineered on a shoestring funds, it managed to make a shocking 72 flights on the Red Planet,…