Mars helicopter 10 interesting facts

The name of the helicopter is called Ingenuity. Here are some interesting facts about the helicopter and how it flies.

It arrived on mars tucked underneath the belly of the rover. It will be amazing when it flies and as big as the Wright brothers first flight on earth.

Ingenuity, Mars first helicopter Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech

1. Linux flies on mars! Now this will be the case if the helicopter works. But certainly, it's a first for open source software that will be used on the Mars helicopter.
2. No one has flown on another planet let alone Mars. The atmosphere is 1% of what earth is. So in basic terms, the rotor blades have to spin much faster to create lift. The helicopter is a proof of concept, its only goal is to fly. So here’s hoping for lift off!!
3. The helicopters processor is more powerful than the rovers. They used the Snapdragon 801 processor from Qualcomm. The same one used in mobile phones.
4. It's not true autonomous that it uses to fly. They set points to where it will fly to and then, return to where it started. It has no collision-avoidance software. Later versions of the helicopter will have this.
5. Data is sent via the rover back to earth. So they only have a 30-day window to fly the helicopter. The rover will have moved away from…