NASA Reveals Why The Mars Helicopter Crashed - The First Air Crash Investigation on Another World

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This morning scientists and engineers from JPL & NASA presented their investigation into the crash of Ingenuity, the Mars Helicopter which had pushed the limits of technology over its 3 year career.
The root cause was the navigation system became unable to track features over the bland terrain where the accident happened leading to a loss of control.
The full investigation will be published next month but you can watch the presentation from the AGU Meeting
   • AGU24 Press conference: The First Air...  

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