Mars Helicopter Exceeds Expectations  

作　　者：Mitch Leslie 

机构地区：[1]不详

出　　处：《Engineering》2021年第11期1511-1512,共2页工程（英文）

摘　　要：On 19 April 2021,its twin rotors stirring the wispy Martian atmosphere,Ingenuity,the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA)miniature helicopter,lifted off the surface of the Red Planet[1].Built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California,the 0.5 m tall craft did not perform any fancy aerobatics.It climbed to an altitude of 3 m,hovered,turned 96,and then landed.But the 39 s flight was remarkable because it was the first by an aircraft on a planet other than Earth[1].

关 键 词：LIFT PLANET ALTITUDE 

分 类 号：V476.4[航空宇航科学与技术—飞行器设计] P185.3[天文地球—天文学]