NASA delays Mars helicopter flight for tech check
The Hindu
NASA noted the copter is "safe and healthy" and had sent information back to Earth
(Subscribe to Science For All, our weekly newsletter, where we aim to take the jargon out of science and put the fun in. .) NASA has delayed by at least several days the first flight of its mini-helicopter on Mars after a possible tech issue emerged while testing its rotors, the U.S. space agency said Saturday. Ingenuity's trip, which is to be the first-ever powered, controlled flight on another planet, was set for Sunday but is now on hold until at least April 14.More Related News