JPL Mars Helicopter — First Flight Shirt

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   jurvetson

   Apr 19, 2021 at 4:36 am

   Orange is the New Mars. The JPL Mars Helicopter first flight shirt reminds me off my socks, which are pretty whack, showing a space shuttle and Lunar Module on the orange planet: from the new orange to the blue sunsets of Mars

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   jurvetson

   Apr 19, 2021 at 5:19 pm

   3:46am Success! NASA: "Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet.

   This first of many airfields on other worlds will now be known as Wright Brothers Field, in recognition of the ingenuity and innovation that continue to propel exploration.

   These details will be included officially in the next edition of ICAO’s publication Designators for Aircraft Operating Agencies, Aeronautical Authorities and Services. The location of the flight has also been given the ceremonial location designation JZRO for Jezero Crater.

   This first flight was full of unknowns. The Red Planet has a significantly lower gravity – one-third that of Earth’s – and an extremely thin atmosphere with only 1% the pressure at the surface compared to our planet. This means there are relatively few air molecules with which Ingenuity’s two 4-foot-wide (1.2-meter-wide) rotor blades can interact to achieve flight. The helicopter contains unique components, as well as off-the-shelf-commercial parts – many from the smartphone industry – that were tested in deep space for the first time with this mission."

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