Perseverance should touch down on February 18, but Perseverance has a lesser-known buddy.
Ingenuity is going to be the first attempt at powered flight on Mars. The tiny craft is a double rotor helicopter (the rotors spin in opposite directions) with a rotor speed of 2,400 rpm. Hopefully this will generate enough lift to get off the ground.
This would then allow for the use of UAVs to explore Mars, increasing our range and helping us map the planet (and better understand its atmosphere).
Plus, it's kind of neat.
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