Ingenuity: NASA's remarkable Martian helicopter

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  • Опубліковано 4 тра 2024
  • When NASA added a drone named Ingenuity to its Mars 2020 rover Perseverance, it expected the tiny four-pound helicopter to fly a total of five very brief missions in the thin Martian atmosphere. But Ingenuity far surpassed all expectations, flying dozens of flights before suffering damage to its rotors in January. Correspondent David Pogue reports on how the tiny drone, created from off-the-shelf parts, continued to provide valuable data and images from the Red Planet three years into its mission.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 108

  • @ellisc.foleyjr9778
    @ellisc.foleyjr9778 20 днів тому +21

    I'm 81 yrs old and have followed the space program since Sputnik! got my attention. and marveled at The shuttles, Hubble, Webb, but I have to say "The Little copter that could" impressed me greatly and as a vet and a devout patriot, I can't express the pride I felt in that little critter and what it did. Great job to the engineers that created the "Little copter that could" ECF.

    • @philrambow8293
      @philrambow8293 19 днів тому +3

      I am also 81and share your thoughts. Science has brought us many gifts. This was one of them.

    • @dannyarcher6370
      @dannyarcher6370 19 днів тому +1

      I hope you'll still be with us when Elon finally puts humans on Mars!

  • @tishw4576
    @tishw4576 22 дні тому +51

    The rock star of the mission.

  • @oogrooq
    @oogrooq 22 дні тому +59

    If engineers ran the country, everything would work better than expected.

    • @MikeC32958
      @MikeC32958 22 дні тому +5

      Except car engineers....

    • @waltonsimons9082
      @waltonsimons9082 21 день тому

      ​@@MikeC32958 Automotive engineers would make everything run great as well!
      until your warranty runs out

    • @janusconner3710
      @janusconner3710 14 днів тому +3

      What you said. Maybe I'm partial, though; my daddy was an electrical engineer.

    • @user-kk1ne9wf7j
      @user-kk1ne9wf7j 5 днів тому

      @@MikeC32958 Sadly, they are constrained by corporate bean counters who control the show. OP's conclusion holds true. 😉

  • @honkeykong9563
    @honkeykong9563 22 дні тому +12

    To Think, Kane Tanaka was born Jan 2nd 1903. In December of that same year, The Wright Brothers successfully made the world's first powered flight. 118 Years later, in 2021 the very first powered flight was achieved on another planet, when the ingenuity copter hovered over the surface of mars. On that date, Feb 18, 2021, Kane Tanaka was still alive at the incredible age of 118!

  • @kimberknutson831
    @kimberknutson831 22 дні тому +7

    I love this show so much. I sobbed through most of the story about the music festival where so many innocent people died. This story came on next, and I found my smile again. Thank you.

  • @kamuelalee
    @kamuelalee 21 день тому +6

    Best NASA news in a while.

  • @luistpuig
    @luistpuig 22 дні тому +16

    Well done!

  • @kckgirl78
    @kckgirl78 22 дні тому +15

    Fascinating! 🚁🚀😲

  • @marsbound2024
    @marsbound2024 22 дні тому +14

    Also, Ingenuity was quite a bargain at only $85 million to design and develop whereas Perseverance cost just under $3 billion, and that was cheaper than Curiosity because it could reuse parts and design to some extent. Curiosity cost $3.2 billion in 2020 dollars. Nonetheless, it is for sure that both rovers are far, far more capable in terms of the science they can do than Ingenuity. They are essentially roving laboratories.

  • @ywc024
    @ywc024 19 днів тому +2

    I followed its journey since perseverance mars landing. It was a great human achievement. Look forward to greater things ahead

  • @tomhools1605
    @tomhools1605 21 день тому +2

    They should send a whole fleet of helicopters on Mars.

  • @janusconner3710
    @janusconner3710 14 днів тому +3

    I could CRY about the Wright brothers secreted inclusion. Beyond cool!

  • @nancychace8619
    @nancychace8619 21 день тому +3

    The little copter that could 🙂

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn 22 дні тому +16

    Amazing they can remote such a tiny unmanned device from that distance.

    • @2147B
      @2147B 22 дні тому +4

      radio waves. A natural occurrence in our universe we have figured out how to utilize. Radio waves travel at the speed of light

    • @codymoe4986
      @codymoe4986 22 дні тому +5

      @2147B....Still leaves a delay of over 30 minutes between Earth and Mars...

    • @user-ht1xu4gv2u
      @user-ht1xu4gv2u 22 дні тому

      ​@@codymoe4986 pre program the f
      Oghts with safety landings built in. To prevent crashed I event of LOS

    • @MeerkatADV
      @MeerkatADV 20 днів тому +1

      Automated

  • @patrick815
    @patrick815 21 день тому +2

    Its 80 below zero at night. Im definitely not going

  • @johnmcnulty4425
    @johnmcnulty4425 22 дні тому +2

    Can't wait for that next generation of drone copters to take flight on Mars!

  • @fischkopf
    @fischkopf 22 дні тому +7

    Whomever approved ingenuity should be recognized and promoted - it's not easy doing the right thing when stupid people are staring you down.

    • @DavidPogue
      @DavidPogue 19 днів тому

      They've actually won several awards! www.nasa.gov/solar-system/nasas-pioneering-ingenuity-mars-helicopter-awarded-collier-trophy/

  • @gerrygorbach7693
    @gerrygorbach7693 22 дні тому +5

    Very cool.

  • @delfincruz6786
    @delfincruz6786 13 днів тому +1

    WOW, what a miracle and what a remarkable team accomplishment with the lucky charm ❤❤

  • @ravenscry048
    @ravenscry048 22 дні тому +2

    The great cheap experiment that has provided so much help and information to the MARS project. Thank god NASA administrators approved sending it up/along . What a a great confirmation for ingenuity/creative scientific work. Yeah!

  • @shanecoleman7114
    @shanecoleman7114 22 дні тому +2

    Iove that you see Mark Rober the UA-camr in one clip. Lol
    Well, you see his eyes. But I can tell it's him.

  • @MikeC32958
    @MikeC32958 22 дні тому +3

    Astounding 😮😊

  • @hera7884
    @hera7884 7 днів тому

    I always tell people, NASA does use a lot of resources but they are not wasteful with them. It may seem wasteful when it fails of course, but when it works it was worth every Penny.

  • @VEGANSAM
    @VEGANSAM 22 дні тому +1

    I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this...& those people.

  • @Rodzillaone
    @Rodzillaone 6 днів тому

    Touché' Lets keep building Mars drones!

  • @Bippy55
    @Bippy55 12 днів тому +1

    Yay NASA and the USA for achieving air flight on another planet! A space first!

  • @well-thy
    @well-thy 21 день тому +1

    5:50 WFH Ultimate level

  • @SeeBS2
    @SeeBS2 21 день тому +1

    Too cool!!!!!!!!

  • @nolsp7240
    @nolsp7240 15 днів тому

    Imagine building a helicopter capable of flying more the 65,000 ft. here on earth.

  • @japjoem4077
    @japjoem4077 20 днів тому +2

    Here on earth 150mph winds throw cars around like toys, but on mars 400mph winds don't mess with this little drone,smh

    • @MeerkatADV
      @MeerkatADV 20 днів тому +3

      1% atmospheric density. And I'd love to know where you got 400mph? The strongest winds measured on mars is 60mph.

    • @japjoem4077
      @japjoem4077 20 днів тому

      Yes, it is true that the winds on Mars can reach speeds of up to 400 miles per hour (about 644 kilometers per hour). Mars has a much thinner atmosphere compared to Earth, but the lower gravity on Mars allows winds to reach higher speeds than they would on Earth

  • @maltedmilk6888
    @maltedmilk6888 22 дні тому +4

    Wow!

  • @theearc2186
    @theearc2186 19 днів тому +1

    Anybody else noticed that he said 427 at exactly 4:27 of the video?

  • @quentinmanson3287
    @quentinmanson3287 19 днів тому +1

    So cool and amazing

  • @keurikeuri7851
    @keurikeuri7851 18 днів тому

    Ingenuity department could just had been a hobby part of NASA in the beginning of the mission. But the little Ingenuity worked hard to prove how important they are and eventually it paved the way for its predecessors to be born for future missions.

  • @saleemalam8795
    @saleemalam8795 8 днів тому

    It’s just amazing 😊😢

  • @alileevil
    @alileevil 20 днів тому +1

    Lets build a small lightweight helicopter for Mars, a planet known for dust storms. What could go wrong!

    • @coreysuffield
      @coreysuffield 13 днів тому

      Mar's atmosphere is very thin thus causing the wind to actually be quite weak, that is why the heli props have to spin insanely fast to fly. if you are referencing the movie the martian, the cause for the premise of the movie is false. it would be nearly impossible for the wind on mars to cause damage, the dust in the wind does more harm by blocking solar panels

  • @jbphoto360
    @jbphoto360 22 дні тому +6

    Go NASA!

  • @oprahIV
    @oprahIV 17 днів тому

    It means so much to me to see the successes of our space program in terms of national pride, but it pleases me more when I think about what it means for humanity as a whole. All of humanity stands on the shoulders of those who came before from all walks of life. All of humanity in some way led us to this point. Humanity has put man into space! We’ve put man on our own moon! We’ve sent rovers to another planet! And now we’ve flown a mini helicopter on another planet! Like, this stuff is absolutely amazing! Just imagine what we could accomplish in our own country if we saw space as the great unifier that it is. Just think what we as a species could accomplish if we all put some effort into space exploration together rather! What leaps and bounds we could make in our journey for a better world because we chose to work together to explore space. Man, what a dream. Hopefully, a dream fully realized sooner rather than later.

  • @sa4769
    @sa4769 22 дні тому +1

    Wow

  • @jimparsons6803
    @jimparsons6803 22 дні тому +7

    Scrappy widget. Glad that the idea caught on. Future missions will likely save a lot of time and $ with their own choppers. When are going to do this again?

    • @user-ht1xu4gv2u
      @user-ht1xu4gv2u 22 дні тому +1

      Gonna have a plane next time talk is

    • @jimparsons6803
      @jimparsons6803 16 днів тому

      @@user-ht1xu4gv2u How big will the proposed planes be?

  • @ManaBDew
    @ManaBDew 17 днів тому

    Greetings Madam I followed Up with Perseverance congratulations to the person who was selected for this and, such a great amazing Name ! ✌️😎👍🌎🤩
    The fun didn’t stop there we are pioneers and, ingenuity after 7 months the last stop is a celebration 🎊
    Good job Godspeed sincerely team earth 🌎

  • @xinzeng-iq7zv
    @xinzeng-iq7zv 8 днів тому

    that would make it too far away for rocket to reach

  • @williamlouie569
    @williamlouie569 20 днів тому

    Besides wings they should also add some wheels to Ingenuity!

    • @DavidPogue
      @DavidPogue 19 днів тому

      great minds think alike... the next Mars helicopter WILL have wheels!

  • @xinzeng-iq7zv
    @xinzeng-iq7zv 8 днів тому

    nasa has made a drone more advance than anything dyi community could create

  • @nicholejohnson4275
    @nicholejohnson4275 20 днів тому

    Thing. Thing.. Terminator…

  • @raybeauvais296
    @raybeauvais296 22 дні тому +3

    It should also be noted that Perseverance has been struggling with navigating since losing Ingenuity.
    Here is the latest: ua-cam.com/video/ctyUdjd-kQg/v-deo.htmlsi=QPEM2toURImZDvEa

  • @hummersd
    @hummersd 22 дні тому +1

    For some reason (need to go back to googling more info to correct my thinking... not that it matters; I'm not going to Mars) I thought Mars was inhabitable. These temps and winters are definitely not! 😆

    • @waltonsimons9082
      @waltonsimons9082 21 день тому

      It's believed that Mars used to be habitable in the distant past.
      Now it's just a rust bucket, most likely.

  • @KartikPatel-nt4ff
    @KartikPatel-nt4ff 20 днів тому +1

    😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅well information good show 😮😅😅

  • @bp900
    @bp900 22 дні тому +2

    The interviewer is tickled pink about this.
    Shout out to the engineers that do all these amazing things

    • @DigitalMangoShake
      @DigitalMangoShake 21 день тому +1

      Watching the first images of Ingenuity flying is like watching a baby taking its first steps. The interviewer may have felt some sort if giddiness especially since he covered Ingenuity since its development.

    • @DavidPogue
      @DavidPogue 19 днів тому

      @@DigitalMangoShake You are absolutely right!

  • @daniellozano8057
    @daniellozano8057 22 дні тому +1

    How long does it actually take to get there? And then, how long does it take to communicate?

    • @marsbound2024
      @marsbound2024 22 дні тому +2

      It takes about 7 months during a Hohmann transfer orbit using current technology to launch from Earth and have a spacecraft make its way to Mars. Communication times varies depending upon both Earth's position in its orbit and Mars. Thus, it may be a few minutes to send a signal each way or much longer. Thus, real-time communication is not possible (in fact, "real-time communication" isn't really even possible past high-Earth orbit, well under lunar distance).

    • @user-ht1xu4gv2u
      @user-ht1xu4gv2u 22 дні тому

      Data stored on rovers then uplinked to orbiters then to earth deep space network......​@@marsbound2024

  • @captainnima
    @captainnima 22 дні тому +1

    This is just too cool and awesome.

  • @peterlundskow4061
    @peterlundskow4061 22 дні тому +7

    This makes me so proud of NASA. Space X etc. can take a hike as far as I'm concerned. Robotics is the way to explore the solar system, not send people on a "one way trip" to terraform another planet, & mess it up like ours. Hey, Mr. Musk why don't you spend your billions on helping get our planet back in order!

  • @arsalanhasan2953
    @arsalanhasan2953 11 днів тому

    Can we change the name from Ingenuity to Lazarus?

  • @omaralbertoacerovargas714
    @omaralbertoacerovargas714 20 днів тому

    I just hope those pieces from wright's did not bring any microbes to mars n_n

  • @kmonroe5785
    @kmonroe5785 16 днів тому

    Why would anyone be against flying a drone on another planet?

    • @nicholashylton6857
      @nicholashylton6857 16 днів тому

      Literally every gram of mass on the rover must be in service of its main science mission. Ingenuity had no specific science goal. It was a tech demo. It could have taken up room for an experiment that may be invaluable to finding life on Mars or, perhaps, sending people there.
      And, of course, these missions aren't cheap.
      ( *Note:* If you're thinking Musk could send a mission - manned or unmanned - to Mars faster & for a fraction of the costs, that's complete nonsense. The guy habitually over-promises and under-delivers. Only now and then do they have a relationship with reality.)

  • @shaunskosana2202
    @shaunskosana2202 11 днів тому

    Humanoid robot next to clean solar panets , but now it must able to see if plants can survive inside a glass for a longer time planet trees and anything growing in the cold weather

  • @xinzeng-iq7zv
    @xinzeng-iq7zv 8 днів тому

    well, time for more gaming

  • @escuelainternacionaldeinte5646
    @escuelainternacionaldeinte5646 15 днів тому

    😊 we need to be impredecibles

  • @sherylcrowe3255
    @sherylcrowe3255 22 дні тому

    Seems like drones should have been the first vehicles up there. They wouldn't have caused as much damage.

    • @kristoffermangila
      @kristoffermangila 21 день тому

      But then again, all those rovers and landers that landed on Mars were and are, drones.

    • @waltonsimons9082
      @waltonsimons9082 21 день тому

      As much damage as what?
      Leaving a few tracks that'll be gone in a while, and drilling a few holes hardly qualifies as 'damaging a planet'...

    • @MeerkatADV
      @MeerkatADV 20 днів тому

      Damage?

  • @adamhuffman3354
    @adamhuffman3354 22 дні тому +2

    With this NASA might just find an alien made artifact! Wondering how quickly they’ll move to recover it or if they’ll even make it known.

    • @waltonsimons9082
      @waltonsimons9082 21 день тому +1

      Complete non sense.
      Even if an ETI visited the Solar system at some point (and no, there's 0 evidence for that), why would they leave anything on Mars?

    • @MeerkatADV
      @MeerkatADV 20 днів тому

      Lol

  • @effenwolf
    @effenwolf 16 днів тому

    There is absolutely no way that helicopter could fly in Mars atmosphere if it ever was there to begin with.
    #notasheep

  • @rickeywissing1956
    @rickeywissing1956 14 днів тому

    Why don't they all get together and get to the moon then go to these other planets,seems like such a waste of valuable time,put all your eggs in one basket ,got a helicopter and rovers on the Mars and nothing on the moon duhhhh,sorry you go right past the moon.

    • @coreysuffield
      @coreysuffield 13 днів тому +1

      other countries already have landers, rovers, and orbiters on the moon, men have literally walked on the moon and brought back samples. a lot of science on the moon is known, Mars is a much greater mystery.

  • @bheravi
    @bheravi 22 дні тому +2

    Kudos and congratulations to the team, You make us all look so humble.

  • @YouDOntSayThat.
    @YouDOntSayThat. 22 дні тому +7

    That’s some great footage of Arizona/Nevada desert

    • @Magdalena8008s
      @Magdalena8008s 22 дні тому +9

      Oh stop it. You people are absurd.

    • @raybeauvais296
      @raybeauvais296 22 дні тому +1

      @@Magdalena8008s Having all the answers before any question is even asked just makes life a lot safer.

    • @codymoe4986
      @codymoe4986 22 дні тому +1

      Where's the plants and wildlife?
      Something the deserts of the American SW, certainly have...

    • @MeerkatADV
      @MeerkatADV 20 днів тому +1

      Tells me you've never been to Arizona or Nevada.

    • @gadgetollie
      @gadgetollie 18 днів тому

      Here's some additional help for you to get through life...
      The earth is not flat
      California wildfires are not started by Jewish space lasers
      We did land on the moon
      We are not ancestors of an ancient race of lizard people
      The Devil's Tower is not a giant tree stump
      The earth is older than 6,000 years
      If there's anything else I can help you with, please let me know.

  • @afrose71
    @afrose71 21 день тому

    Very cool! Maybe Ingenuity will become a sentient, VGER-like entity and return to Earth looking for its creator. 🤓

  • @PhiLLyPhiLLz
    @PhiLLyPhiLLz 11 днів тому

    Such an amazing copter. Planned for 5 missions and it flew 3+ years, feeding us cool pictures and scouting the land for Perseverance. 🫡

  • @truthhurts3524
    @truthhurts3524 20 днів тому +1

    Very cool.