Weather on Mars at Helipad and Ingenuity’s first flight attempt (April 19)

Earlier this morning I provided you the great news that NASA Mission Control has given the go ahead to re-attempt to "FLY" the Ingenuity helicopter on Planet Mars and make History!!!

This video provides some of the visual detail behind Mission Control's decision to go forward on April 19th!!!

Here is what NASA has released:

"On April 17, 2021 NASA announced Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first flight attempt to happen on Monday (April 19) and weather report at Helipad by Perseverance included. Rover captured Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s blades spinning on video in high resolution. Helicopter successfully updated its software and passed high-speed spin test. Historic moment of Ingenuity’s flying in Mars’s atmosphere will be captured on video on April 19.

The four blades are arranged into two 4-foot-long (1.2-meter-long) counter-rotating rotors that can spin at roughly 2,400 rpm. The video shows the blades performing a wiggle test before the actual spin-up to ensure they were working properly. The solar panel of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's solar panel as seen by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. Roughly 6.5 by 17 inches (425 mm by 165 mm), the panel charges six lithium-ion batteries inside the helicopter."

Credit: nasa.gov, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Thomas Appéré

Enjoy the excitement, my Brothers and Sisters!!!
Kerry
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