See Ingenuity's entire flight on Mars in Perseverance Mastcam-Z video
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- The Ingenuity helicopter has completed its first flight on Mars! See video of the flight in its entirety from the Perseverance rover.
Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS | produced & edited by Steve Spaleta ( / stevespaleta )
*I'm an older man, so I'm deeply gratified to be able to see this in my life. Thank you to all of the team that has made this possible.*
hope your still around when we land on mars good luck my friend
Just a few $billion...
My dad was 10 years old when the Wright brothers flew their airplane on December 17, 1903. He lived to see man landing on the moon in 1969 as did I but today another huge milestone has been laid, takeoff and flight on another planet. While to some it seems a simple task but in reality we have taken a huge leap thanks to all the dedicated engineers, scientists and support staff who have made this incredible feat possible.
@@mrradio2187 yes, dont forget theres photos caming out showing water flows leaking out from beneath the diry layer which is the most amazing discovery yet imo i bet there is life in there somewhere. We need to get unamanned drones under there see if there is water to explore
When you where young:
19 May 1971
Mars 2 Lander
28 May 1971
Mars 3 Lander
Got to watch first moon landing as a kid and now first flight on another planet. 👍
me too (14 for the moon landing, 65 for a mars flight)
If the world only focused on the environment and space cooperation and not on war or capitalism, then we would be much further and happier today. Imagine the perfect and focused cooperatio from a Worldwide spaceorganisation which belongs to the world, not to a country or private investor.
@JAY_TEA HOOTS yep me too it’s another historical event hopefully I see the first person on Mars?
@JAY_TEA HOOTS that was the first Satellite not first object. USA launched first man made object into space. It was on top of a German V-2 rocket. It was called Bumper-WAC. I'm serious. Lol.
The amazing thing is how fast the development was, from Wright Brothers to Apollo. And now Flight on Mars.
Just amazing how we have a video of the flight that happened 170 million miles away from Earth!
They've got very good Wifi!
Right. Imagine that, for people who doesn't understand this is kinda crap but wow wtf we are seeing an unmanned drone flying on a distant planet with different weather and gravity conditions without online supervision man ... Awesome
It is called GREEN SCREEN. Get real! do YOU really believe they can film that. Think and don' swallow the BS. It is all a scam and someone is getting rich off the taxpayer who is "footing" this bill
@@ralph1095 Yes. They can. The Rover sends radio signals carrying the images/video to a Mars orbiting satellite which beams the footage (this can take a while) to massive satellites on Earth, some the size of three houses stacked on top of each other.
Its' actually 179912200.8719 million miles away from Earth, time 1:42 ET on 20-4-2021
I'm also an older person who worked on IRAS and ERBS along with other space craft for Dcas,Defense Contracts Administration.
My hats off to all who helped a complish this WONDERFUL AND MOMENTUS EXPERIMENT.
Its fake
Not everyone in this crazy world is trying to ruin it.....you made me feel better. Thank you. 👍😊
My thought exactly 👍
Only one group really.
I can’t fly a drone in my yard without getting it caught in a tree. These guys are flying one seamlessly on another planet. So awesome!
Thanks for that!🤣
no tree though
@@guillermorp4707 Yeah, and plus they only went straight up and down!
@@guillermorp4707 Not till it gets stuck in one. :)
OMG that's awesome if I imagine that Ingenuity would have been trapped in a tree 😂.
They nailed the physics necessary for the flight on Mars! Much more stable than I thought possible for a first flight... Atonomous as well! Congratulations NASA!
It's amazing they were able to control angular momentum and inertia of those blades in 1% Atmosphere!
No restoring force. Stunning!
This will be remembered forever.
1000 years in the future, they will watch this.
from 1000 light years away from Mars
yup this is truly historical video, almost on pair with apollo moon landing
In 5 years this will probably be considered white supremacy and racist.
If we are still here
@@thiswillnotendwell4402 The project manager is Asian , so likely not.
godspeed out there little guy...Make us proud. We can use some feelgood news down here on earth. In closing, we are now officially the aliens flying around another planet
As a rotorcraft pilot I am proud to witness this. The future is bold. God Speed Ingenuity, NASA/JPL. Great job so far.
"The future is bold" well said!
"Rotocraft Pilot"--
Hopefully this doesn't translate to "bought a drone at Wal-Mart" 😂
(Sounds like you're the real deal. ;)
It's an amazing accomplishment).
@@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475 was the real deal, I flew back in the 80s/90s. When life got serious and kids came along I got out of flying and never looked back, got to fly around Los Angeles before all the airspace changes..
@@1986BBG I figured. Some kids say they are similar pilots, but toy drones don't count.
LA airspace must have been a blast before overpopulation caused regs.
You have a appreciation of this accomplishment in a way many do not. Flying a rotorcraft in 1% Atmosphere!? It's stunning. It really is stunning.
@@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475 I lived by Hughes Helicopters back in the 70s and my mother and father worked there. They would text all the OH-6 Cayuses and the 269/369 500s above my house all day so I would just sit out in the yard and stare at them for hours. Military didn’t work out because all the Vietnam era pilots were still enlisted and flying so I had to go and get the license myself. No transitions all rotorcraft time out of Van Nuys airport. It was a great time, got to fly the Hughes 269, Robinson R22 Beta and the Bell JerRanger B III (N25AJ). Actually Anna Nicole Smith used this in her 1996 movie Skyscraper. It was very expensive and I would tell others to fly fixed wing first and transition to rotorcraft and save some money. I love helicopters especially the Bell Huey and the Hughes 500. Take care.
Amazing the first flight on mars and I am alive to see it.
😢[tears of joy]
Me too. I remember Viking in 1976 as an eight years old.
this isnt just the first flight on mars. this is the first takeoff/flight on another planet by mankind. and we get to witness it alive. 100 years later people will look back to this footage as some sort of monumental historic archive of first flight. Cant wait for dragonfly and the amazing stuff it will find.
@@coffee-vz1nr Meh! Potato, potahto.
It,s fake 😂
Baby's first steps. Congrats everyone involved. To a new era of exploration on Mars and elsewhere in the cosmos
What an accomplishment! NASA really rocks!
Yes. NASA as well as SpaceX. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It’d be great to see other countries push fr space travel as well.
10 years ago they were saying it's impossible to fly on Mars and now this...
Are you really believing this is real?
@@Reth_Hard 10 years ago we didn't know we'd be recovering rocket boosters... what's your point?
@@TheBeardedBoofhead that you are gullible that's the point.
@@shealdedmon7104 nawwww you poor possum...
I am from New Hampshire. I was in
Grade School when Allen Bartlett Shepherd became the First American in Space when he did
his sub orbital flight in Mercury 7
in May 1961. I've been an an avid
supporter of Space Exploration
ever since. Allen Shepherd graduated High School from
Pinkerton Academy of Derry , New Hampshire. His second flight
was Apollo XIV , where he became
one of only 12 people to ever walk
on the Moon.
If we are still around 10 000, 100 000, 1 000 000 years from now, then what we've witnessed here, today, will still be a milestone of profound importance in those future history books
I think we wont be living any longer because humans are destroying our own home planet. Ill give it about 10,000 years. But if humans do go to live on mars than it could be longer.
@@tacosdecabeza Even 10 000 years might be an optimistic. prognosis for us humans! We def need to invest more "ingenuity" into looking after our ecosystems and restoring some balance.
@@tacosdecabeza 200 yrs tops!
This short flight is encouraging, displaying very good control. This is truly awesome....
“That's one small flight for dron, one giant leap for mankind.”
Why is it a giant leap for mankind?
@@ojjoooooo because 10 years ago it was hard to imagine. And 40 years ago it was just unthinkable and nobody would believe it.
result --two broken legs...
@@steveswhirld we are sorry for your personal experience...
@@anton_kostroma
19 May 1971
Mars 2 Lander first human made object to reach the surface of Mars.
28 May 1971
Mars 3 Lander first soft landing on Mars.
I am an old man now and to see this gives me hope for humanity. With all the troubles here on earth it is great to see these amazing inspiring feats of human endeavour.
@J B Profit motive is the problem.
Many Nations worked flawlessly on this Mars Mission.
Science is cooperative.
@CoolChannel Name fuck off
Congrats to the team for this outstanding and epic accomplishment. My dad worked on the Apollo 11 spacecraft. So we continue the excellence in the goal of eventually going to Mars and doing human exploration.
It’s another great day to be an engineer; no matter what discipline.
Couldn't agree more. Now we need an dji inspire 2 to get some wide angles haha.
It seems mars flat too since no nights...
What a out an engineer who designs dildos ?
Congrats NASA and all of you brilliant people that worked on this historic achievement. Bravo. How inspiring.
May years from now, man on Mars will remember this
Humans can do anything they put their mind to. Imagine what we could do if we all worked together as one species. The possibilities would be endless.
Maybe not. If we all lived in a extremely peaceful utopia with no needs or disagreements then there would never be a need to strive for anything else either. Tons of technology and achievements have come out of something "negative", competition between people, nations, etc. Without a purpose humans just become degenerate.
@@Ripcraze damn you’re right
I remember watching the first images of Mars from the original Rover download on my old dial-up connection. Every moment was worth it. Now THIS. Words can't describe how joyous I feel.
Yes! Some of these kids complaining about "4K video" and having to wait a few hours😂.
Don't think they would've lasted long in 1995!
Hopefully for their sake, they don't time travel. There wasn't enough Kleenex on Earth to catch their tears.
In the 1960s we waited years between Apollo launches, now you can catch 1 or two things each WEEK between SpaceX, Blue Origin and Nasa.
Plus Russia, China, India, France and other countries launching rockets its quite busy up there. There must be so many satellites and space junk orbiting the Earth.
Wow ! As a guy who has spent 14,500+ hours in helicopters, I was really hoping that there would be enough lift, given the density altitude situation. Congratulations !!!!! 🚁 👍
Yes, if you understand lift to any accurate level, this was a stunning accomplishment. I still can barely believe it, and I've watched it a few times!
@@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475 - it is absolutely amazing. The blade speed, the slightest amount of dust could throw that off balance, then you have harmonic resonance and blade tracking issues.... then things go boom. Simply stunning accomplishment ❗️- and did you see how fast the shutdown time was !
@@relevantinformation6655 Yes. They have pitch counterweights too. Pitch has to be adjusted 400x/sec because they have no atmospheric restoring force, but all of the inertia.
It's such an advanced little bugger. And the strength needed on those thin 30 gram rotors at 2400rpm? WOW. At 4lbs including 2 cameras, Solar, batteries, motor, avionics?
It's such an impressive accomplishment.
It was wonderful it *FLEW!*
@@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475 - very hard to put it into words. 👍
Despite all we have been through in recent times, this shows once again what a great nation this is, that can construct a rover and drone that has done what would be be science fiction a hundred years ago....flight on another world.
AMAZING! WELL DONE NASA AND THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT MADE THIS MISSION POSSIBLE!🇺🇸
Thats not Mars folks, looks real fake to me and my graphic imaging analysys systems, soooo , yell at me and say bad things about my underwear. PROVE ME WRONG IF YOU CAN !
@@stevekanyon5765 yeah and the earth is flat, hollow and full of mole-men too. I've seen "pictures" of the earth and it looks all fake to me and my copy of Sony Vegas
@@stevekanyon5765 Steve you are a very cynical person and I'm sure science wasn't your "thing" in school am I right? accept it ,mind blowing isn't it?
LMAO! Yeah, you probably deny the moon landings ever happened too, and other looney conspiracy theories! Get a life man...men walked the moon six times and returned safely to Earth and the Perseverance rover landed safely on mars AND the Ingenuity helo took it’s first successful flight...ON MARS! AND SOON, MEN AND WOMEN WILL RETURN TO THE MOON AND WILL ALSO GO TO MARS! HOPEFULLY IN MY LIFETIME! YOU PROVE ME WRONG! WELL DONE NASA, AND THANK YOU!
@@marioarias9942 ironically he's dismissing the scientific method from a device manufactured as a result of it
I actually got goosebumps on top of goosebumps. Always have loved what NASA does for the world.
Awesome! I assume, by the look of Ingenuity´s shadow, the flight took place at high noon Mars time. Great job JPL ! Congratulations!
As a comment mentioned below, I was 4 years old and got to watch the moon landing. Now I got to watch this, absolutely honored to be able to see two incredible feats of science engineering in my life!
That 90degree rotation performed shortly after taking off ... so smooth 😛👌
Good Point!
The MARS terrain in the background has an amazing effect:
when you realize this is ANOTHER PLANET.😳💫
And it's flying at the earth air pressure equivalent of about 100,000 feet. The highest the SR-71 could go was 85,000.
Although Mars gravity is 38% of Earth's, which makes it possible.
@@TD_YT066 Yes, and computer controlled Variable pitch rotors. Really amazing engineering.
It's no simple feat. It's a stand-out accomplishment. NASA is on another level.
This really is once in a lifetime! I love I'm blessed to be alive in this day in age.
It's once in a SPECIES.
Was flying my freestyle drone on Sunday and all I could think about was this little guy. So glad it flew
Maybe they'll try a powerloop on the next flight. Ha.
That we can even do this is astonishing. That I can sit with a cup of coffee at home and watch it is just mind blowing.
Thanks to everyone who made it happen.
One little drone was able to lift us all ... 😉
Nice phrase dude😄👍
*Now that is really an uplifting statement. And so very true.* 🚁🚁🚁
ajcook .... no , only the idiots
Great footage.. I'm Amazed that No dust kicked up either,
Edit:
I'm not doubting ingenuity in any way, I just didn't know why we didn't see any dust and now i know why, and I'm really glad we didnt see any now either!!!
I Cant wait for the 2nd flight!!!
GO INGENUITY!!!!
I was thinking the same... but Franco cleared my doubt. Thanks! 😀
Check out the footage from when they were developing Ingenuity. Even in the vacuum chamber to simulate Martian atmosphere the plastic tarpaulin hanging from the walls barely moved.
This is entirely consistent with what we see here, TBH I would have been more surprised had we seen plumes of dust being kicked up.
Kyke: In addition to what is mentioned in the other replies, I'm guessing that with an atmosphere only 1% as dense as what we have here on Earth, Ingenuity's blades are not moving enough air to affect the ground below it much.
@@randalltorres1497 Those blades are rotating at incredible speeds, yet we get pictures of dust devils. We can’t even see perseverance from dust in its final deployment stage.
@@Maverickabcd Franco came across as a fuckwit I thought, reasonable question I believe.
We've taken our next step into the universe and I'm thankful to have witnessed it!
That flight was rock solid. Looks like the software is working perfectly. Onward and upward!!!
The Wright brothers would have been impressed.
Especially considering that there’s a little piece of one of their planes, maybe the first one, on Ingenuity!
to be honest I don' t we truly appreciate the times we are living in and what we are witnessing !!
I think this all the time!
That is probably the most momentious video I have ever seen. A human build heavier than air craft flying on another planet.
Not only that but Mars has 100th of Earth's atmosphere so it's technically 100 times heavier than air, albeit at one 3rd of Earth gravity.
@@jedaaa thanks for the comment. Lack of air pressure doesn't affect the weight, it just means that the rotors have to go a lot faster, 3,000 rpm if I remember. 1/3 gravity certainly helps.
@@SimonAmazingClarke if it's possible to build a helicopter that can fly in such a thin atmosphere why don't we have them here on earth? They would be really handy when someone gets in trouble on everest or any mountain that rises advice twenty thousand feet.
@@shealdedmon7104 we can, but they would be limited to certain altitude bands. If that helicopter was in earth, it wouldn't take off. The problem with mountains, as an example, is that they are too high for the engines to work, although that can be addressed. A specific helicopter would have to be developed. A lot higher rotor speed. It would be possible but cost hundreds of millions to design. Then the problem is, high on mountains, it is always windy with unpredictable gusts.
@@SimonAmazingClarke a very wise person once told me that everything after but is BS. And I believe they were right judging by your answer. Somehow you can justify spending the money to send a helicopter to mars but a few hundred million is too much to save humans. Do you really believe that a solar powered helicopter is able to fly in one sixth of our atmosphere yet it's never been done on earth? Why not build one and try it out here? Make it autonomous. That way if it couldn't get there you would be out some hardware on the other hand if it did make it it could save life's.
Thank God we're here to witness history 🙏
Pretty remarkable...hats off to the helicopter team at JPL and NASA for funding this expedition to Mars....taxpayers thank you even more!
Didn’t have a choice..................
Call me a big softie, but it's a very humbling bit of footage, a man on the moon and now this. I almost feel like crying.
Considering how thin the atmosphere is, that was a remarkable feat. Kudos to all involved, Well done!
Thats not Mars folks, looks real fake to me and my graphic imaging analysys systems, soooo , yell at me and say bad things about my underwear. PROVE ME WRONG IF YOU CAN !
@@stevekanyon5765 Nobody believes your disbelief or cares about you enough to do anything like that.
It is amazing. 1% Atmosphere? It's stunning, really is.
@@stevekanyon5765 I hesitate to disparage your underwear, but thank you for the offer. I suppose I could fire up the plasma drive and potter over to Mars for a close look but my space suit is at the cleaners. Perhaps you could elucidate your findings further for us to consider. We should all have open minds.
@@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475 As you say, 1% atmosphere, that puts it at a stab as being at least 25,000ft. Not a lot of 'bite'. The prop must be very coarsely pitched, and I wonder what revs the motor is pulling.
A frickin' helicopter just flew on Mars! How cool is that?
I'm waiting for a photo from above, of Perseverance
It only flew 3 meters up with camera facing straight down
They have their plans laid out already for the rest of their test flights. I very much doubt that flying the helicopter over the rover to risk the whole mission is part of their plan.
@@bluemamba5317 it had a camera pointing forward also as it rotated it pointed at the rover I guess that might be the next image 👍
That was originally the plan, to lift off, do the spin maneuver and then take a picture of the rover while hovering and then land.
They want 5 flights, each longer then the last. It's going to do allot more then hover.. there are actual flights with some distance planned. Knowing JPL, so long as they don't tip over or crash, it'll probably last for a good long time.
This is so beyond inspiring! Born in 1950 this is evidence that some (many) dreams do come true! Absolutely a wonderful accomplishment NASA!!
This is an amazing demonstration. It is now perfectly clear that the engineering team has excellent knowledge of the Martian atmosphere to be able to design and implement the control system required for flight on Mars. The spin rate and angle of attack of the rotors should validate their assumptions.
Congratulations, Team JPL!
The US paves the way for the first fight in Mars. Proud to be American.
Welcome to other nations and companies to do the same, for the peaceful advancement of science and humanity.
This was a World effort, US lead.
There were engineering departments on multiple Continents working on this Mars Mission. ESA Satellites in Mars orbit are one example.
People work great together for Science. It's the profit motive that messes it all up.
@@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475 Well, without profits, there would be no taxes to pay for science and technology like this.
@@manlius Without science and technology there would be no profits in the first place.
@@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475 Before profits, science was a plaything for nobles and aristocrats and technology was a means for warfare.
@@manlius The wheel, farming, fire, the bow, and of course Astronomy.
Science is what made all that possible. Long before currency was conceived of. So we are in disagreement on that. However, i respect your opinions.
Amazing, now on to pushing drones even further to titan. Getting mars quality pictures and video would be a massive undertaking though
Up three meters, hover and then down. Exactly what FIRST flight was to do
Absolutely incredible feat of human ingenuity and engineering
An Orbiter Relay Network would be an idea.
What an amazing accomplishment. Congratulations to NASA and everyone involved :-)
I'm absolutely mesmerized! I feel like a wimp cause I'm literally crying right now. Lol. Way to go Mars team!!!
Hey, nothing wrong with that babe - it's a magical moment, truly spectacular. Can't wait for the next flight! NASA is awesome.
I was 7 when I watched the Moon Landing in 1969 with my family. This is every bit as exciting...
@@johnathandavis3693 Unfortunately, I bwas born 3 years too late for that one. Hopefully, we'll be back soon though! NASA just announced the other day that they're having SpaceX bring the crew to the moon! What a wonderful time to be alive!
@@joeymarie72 Absolutely!! Go Space X!!!
Huge accomplishment. Note, there is basically no dust being kicked-up by the rotors as virtually no atmosphere.
I got tears in my eyes when I watched this. So completely epic. I am fortunate to live to see this amazing event. Yay humanity!
"Yay humanity" LOL!
When we get our shit together, humanity can actually do pretty awesome things.
Me too. Watching history being made is simply awesome. Very proud of NASA.
It's a once in a SPECIES event!
This is a true milestones to have the ability of having a remote aircraft even though it's a small little drone flying on a different planet.
All these things that are happening or just stepping stones to eventually having humankind on a separate planet in our solar system and then one day not in our lifetime someone like us will be watching videos of humankind walking on a planet in another solar system.
As long as we are careful with ourselves and strive to fix the problems on our current planet then and only then will we be ready to explore planets in another solar system let alone our current solar system.
All these milestones are achievements to work for a better future for humankind and let's hope that we do it in peace with each other and the rest of the intelligent life in our galaxy.
What amazes me about all this are the satellites we must have in orbit. How they've been able to do all this from remote is, well just incredible. Like something out of an A.Clark novel. And the little chopper, reminds me of a bee flying for some reason. So adorable.
OMG, this is high, high, extra high tecnhology🌠
@@richard--s 👎
Not exactly. It's a very simple drone. However it was calibrated to work in the conditions of the martian atmosphere.
Not really. Kids fly drones that have far more sophistication at the park everyday. Their cost go from ~$80 and upward with 3-axis gimbled HD cameras, follow-me autonomy, programmable gps routes, etc...and literally a consumer commodity nowadays. The milestones here are entirely related to feasibility of a basic drone operating on a different planet. The Martian atmosphere and gravity are different than mean values here on Earth, respectively. Therefore the design accounts for things like lift to weight ratio which translates to propellor blade count, pitch, RPM and necessary motor output torque. In principle, it is simple and these tests have proved that to be the case. The laws of physics for all inertial frames hold (as far as we know) everywhere in the universe. Mars is somewhere else than here and there you go! How cool this is from a technical perspective is without words - even for such a seemingly simple experiment.
@@physicsguybrian
Being an engineer and having worked for years in the aerospace sector, I know the difference between a toy and a technological jump.
Than you #NASA AFGHANISTAN
Im getting a tattoo of Ingenuity's shadow
Its that amazing
The shadow, eh? Sounds like it'll be a colorful tattoo. People will think it's bug and try to brush it off.
You should get the evolution of mars rovers that goes from Viking rover to perseverance with the moxie box and ingenuity, then add humans next time
Marvellous stuff - sat and watched from work - very very impressive considering the journey to get there
So awesome. Even though its just a little drone. The fact that it flies in such a thin atmosphere, is what makes this such a large step in technology
This drone will somehow get caught in a tree, somehow accidentally discovering trees on Mars.
Put me on the controls, I’ll hit the only tree in a desert. Just ask my 2 previous drones.
@@indywashere LoL 😂🤣😅
Waiting for someone to comment that there are no trees on Mars. They don’t get your joke.
Amazing! Wondering why there was no sign of dust while taking off or landing.
I was thinking exactly that myself. I had been looking forward to see what kind of particulates got kicked up. I didn't expect a big 0.
@Prince Anyone of those photos should have shown dust particles being blown around, I mean they have been showing us dust devils.
@Prince That is exactly what a video is, a bunch of pictures
I expect they will have higher resolution video soon - maybe that will show more details...
They had spun up the props a couple of times already, which probably blew away the loose dust. Now only the hard-packed stuff remains, so I'm guessing that's why nothing was blowing around.
The FAA is now accepting Air traffic controller applications for mars.
Wonderful, an unprecedented achievement in the history of space science 🚀✨
Congratulations to all,it’s amazing accomplishment,well done.
This is an extremely significant development. Our grandchildrens' grandchildren will look at this video with marvel to see how far they have gone beyond us... of course, this if we can manage not to destroy the Earth before they are born!
God will assure,and remind us that we couldn't destroy the world,even if we wanted to. The question is,will God spare the time left before he ends time.
@@jeffkenyon483 you make it sound like if the earth is fucked up for good it will be some god who who pulls the plug? It will be entirely our doing. Without the help who some higher power.
First ever flight on another planet - a great achievement.
Well, first takeoff, not the first flight altogether. We have flown balloons on Venus.
@@yastreb. you are correct en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_program#Balloon
2400 RPM and not blurred photo of the blades. Seems exposure was less than 1/3000 sec. Good shot!
Also it was a picture of a 2D shadow. That helps.
@@onebylandtwoifbysearunifby5475 Hmm... Cannot figure out how does it help. RPM of a shadow is the same as RPM of an object. You meant better contrast?
@@Mr.Not_Sure Its 2 dimensional, so shadows won't blur. But they are also negative space, without light bouncing off a moving object. So the light doesn't get scattered or shifted.
It helps. Still a great photograph. It should probably be in a museum.
Thank you for having the imagination to dream big and the skills to make this happen, simply amazing well done!
I'm so glad I can see this.
This is a triumph for humanity.
It actually is.
wat a super smooth n stable flight.
This is the first drone or flying object that took off and landed in the exact spot , not even an inch aside but the exact spot
Actualy, it didn't landed in the "exact" spot. And yes, it landed about an inch aside.
You can easily notice it simply by pushing the video cursor.
well it is arguably the most expensive (small size) drone ever. Should work ok :)
@@5Andysalive even the DJI on earth while connected to all those satellites it doesn’t land at exactly same point and exactly same angle it took off ..lol just saying
@@heldersilva6672 yes exactly same spot and same angle
@@digital-artz you say even the dji like that's some how comparable at all to an autonomous drone built by NASA. The tolerances and design and control methods are not comparable.
This may be the first time the entire world can agree and rejoice together of this most amazing accomplishment as humankind. Thank you for sharing. I will show this to my first baby now.
KUDOS to all who shared their talents to make this things happened. Another leap again! NASA you're great! Congratulations!
I wonder if one day we’ll see aircraft on Titan? That would be amazing. Maybe even the upper clouds of the gas and ice giants? Maybe Venus?
There have been flying probes on Venus in the 80's but I agree, Titan or the gas giants would be cool.
The actual achievement was getting it there in one piece. We knew from testing in the vacuum chamber that it can fly if intact.
Exactly. Short of an electronic or mechanical failure, it’s likely no one involved thought it wouldn’t work.
For $85 million dollars they knew it would be fine.
There are so many unknowns with space exploration. Lots can turn out differently from expectations. It may have been tested in a vacuum chamber, but who knew they would have to upload new firmware before it could fly. Part of the genius of the NASA engineers is their ability to deal with the unexpected and improvise to get a result. Remember Apollo 13. These things are never plain sailing. Never underestimate the challenges facing this brilliant achievement.
Not really, no.
Test chamber is not MARS. It's Earth.
This was space.
It wasn't certain at all.
NASA did what they could to *simulate* the Mars environment, but Mars is MARS.
The only thing that could've possibly topped this is if a little green dude stepped into view smiling and waving
This makes me want to cry. It's so incredible. Thanks for posting - I'm in awe.
And... downvoters... what gives? Really?
Check out the replies under the higher up comments, there's a lot of conspiracy nuts there rambling about how everything is faked etc etc.
"What gives?"
You are being shown a computer video game and being told that it is his real. And not everybody believes it. So those people give it a thumbs down.
@@davechristensen2482 except that this is not a 3d simulation, it's a video of light captured on another planet by one craft of another craft taking off and landing. 3d simulations exist of this event and many others, but this ain't one.
@@labibbidabibbadum this ain't real
It is not a helicopter on mars.
Maybe Devin Island , with some colored filters. ....
But it ain't Mars.
@@davechristensen2482 Ok. Good luck with your meds by the way.
Millions of kms away and we control this as human...! Amazing.Thanks to all team ❤
This means, in the future, instead of NASA sending rovers, they can send huge drones with plutonium generators equipped with a mast-cam, drill etc. There is a lot of things they can do with that data obtained by just making a simple looking flight.
Unfortunately, to Mars, no. It's already pushing the limits of the technology - the power of helicopters scales poorly with size and mass; small RC helicopters can have ludicrously high thrust-to-weight ratio, so by some adaptations like wider rotor blades and autonomous avionics computer it's possible to make them fly in the 0.006 bar atmosphere on Mars. Larger ones - sorry. The size could still be pushed a bit (Ingenuity's motor is pretty much mid-tier where it comes to model helicopter motors, there are ones several times more powerful) but don't expect anything more than 10x as heavy as Ingenuity to fly on Mars.
Titan, on the other hand...
@@sharpfang nothing is impossible. What people like you said in year 1900 isn’t what is done today. What wasn’t achieved in 1970, today it’s achieved. The data they collected now is more accurate and can allow them to study it and find a solution on how to make a full scale helicopter fly. The weight to thrust ratio shouldn’t be a problem with respect to the atmosphere. One day it can be done.
@@saeed6811 What makes you believe "the weight to thrust ratio shouldn’t be a problem with respect to the atmosphere"? The atmosphere is 0.006 times the density of that on Earth.
@@sharpfang well it’s a problem at this time but it can be done one day.
@@saeed6811 This is in the class of problems that could take a couple centuries to solve.
Prince Philip was very interested in UFOs. Of course Ingenuity isn't a UFO, but still it's pretty spacey. It's a pity Philip didn't get to see this video before going to that great tabloid in the sky.
He didnt deserve this.
Aliens are reporting of a strange UFO hovering over Mars....
What a milestone! The first ever helicopter flown by mankind on another planet! Big respect to NASA and it still blows my mind that we can actually see it all happen, footage in 4K , video's from rovers, helicopters on Mars! What a golden age for technology!
In tears again -- there may be hope for us as a species yet! Thank you and congratulations to everyone on the team, and to everyone supporting Open Source!
Looks like my local desert. But this is Mars. Awesome.
Devin Island, Earth!
In the near future, a planet explorer will be loaded with hundreds of these “inter-planetary” drones to spread out and much more quickly explore a new planet over wider areas. Awesome what the near future holds.
In the future you will be homeless and without friends. Much more quickly than you imagined.
Really, this isn’t in the California desert somewhere ? Absolutely amazing !
Inspiring! Congratulations....onward and upward......
Thousands of years from now this will be remembered an were here to see it GOOOOOOOOO NASA YAAAAAAA@!!!!!!@@
That goes down in History and I was there. Many Thanks. ❤️🧦🛸
This brings out the feels.
Wow! Nice as we saw the full take off this time and quite a hard landing 👍
I was five years old in 1950 and I remember watching jets on television reporters with some video of jets fighting over Korea. Now this. Amazing. I thought the moon landing was a big deal and still is, but this is over millions and millions of miles away--amazing.
To be fair, I'd still call the moon landing a bigger deal.
Amazing... nice job placing camera for this...