Ingenuity: Damage puts end to ground-breaking Mars helicopter mission | BBC News
Nasa's Ingenuity Mars helicopter, which made history by achieving the first powered flight on another world, has suffered mission-ending damage.
In a statement, Nasa said the aircraft was forced to perform an "emergency landing" that damaged its rotors.
The space agency's Bill Nelson said the aircraft was "the little helicopter that could" and had racked up far more flights than had been intended.
He said Ingenuity had "paved the way for future flight in our Solar System".
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Nooooo!! You did so well!! RIP. You earned a rest.
@rajeshgajwelly9035
4 ай бұрын
As indian I feel the helicopter idea is too impractical. ISRO recently sent a rover to the moon and made the mission a success by using well tested simple technologies. Experimental technology oftens fails. Us indian use reliable technology in rail, car, etc but never experimental. ISRO will also be sending a rover to the mar and become third nation in the entire world to acheive it.
@TheWebstaff
4 ай бұрын
@@rajeshgajwelly9035 time and a place. NASA is built around pushing the limits that's their job. It made sense to try this alongside the existing rover. Also using the logic of tried and tested then why did we make the wheel when a horse worked so well. It's called progress.
@rajeshgajwelly9035
4 ай бұрын
@@TheWebstaff We indians have a hindi muhavra that says 'Thotha Chana Baje Ghana'. which basically means to value substance and practical practices over new experimentation or empty theorizing. We Indians are very practical and that is why we have so many ceo of large american companys like google, microsoft, ibm, etc.
@njlauren
4 ай бұрын
@@rajeshgajwelly9035 There is a reason India isn't known for innovation...the helicopter was supposed to last 30 days, it lasted three years. The opportunity rover has been working steadily for 3 years, will likely last many more. The two prior rovers were supposed to last 90 days, they lasted like 7 years. All of them have made fundamental discoveries about Mars. The two voyager probes were supposed to last like 3 years, 47 years later they are still sending data from interstellar space. Ever dawn on you where your 'tried and true' technology came from? The Internet you are using, the computer you are using ( or smart phone) were once experimental. By the way the moon lander that just burned up? Wasn't NASA, was private. NASA record for bang for the buck with probes and rovers and the like is huge, bc they do actual engineering and research before building the probes, they have been designed and tested bottom up.
@rajeshgajwelly9035
4 ай бұрын
@@njlauren ISRO is leading in space innovation and is the most efficient space program in the world. No other country can compare. The moon lander only cost $70 million which is very cheap for we indians because our country have a very large economy. To send the same rover nasa will need to spend billion or more. the only reason nasa is doing more is because of higher budget. if u give indians and isro same budget we will also be world leading like nasa perhaps a base on mars by now.
Shot down by Martians. Obviously got fed up with it buzzing round them!
@mrdenson3101
4 ай бұрын
You guys ignored their complaints for too long
@Sweetluvinbizkit
4 ай бұрын
"You Earthlings make me so very very angry" 😂
@mehmet.albyrk
4 ай бұрын
😂
Marvin Martian will fix it, don't worry. These things amaze me, the helicopter was supposed to last a month, lasted 3 years. Rovers designed to last 90 days, last like 6, 7 years. Hats off to the teams that designed,built, and got them to Mars.
RIP you little trooper! You did amazing!
Not much can survive a massive dust storm 😢 good job ingenuity.
@mantisyt6945
4 ай бұрын
Why not?
@SenorSol
4 ай бұрын
@@mantisyt6945 What part of 'dust storm' did you not understand?? 🙄
@mantisyt6945
4 ай бұрын
@@SenorSol that part
@mattyice2099
4 ай бұрын
@mantisyt6945 by dust storm we mean more like a sand storm. High winds and particles that rip through material.
@mantisyt6945
4 ай бұрын
@@mattyice2099 ohhhh okay Ty!
Awww Poor Ingenuity. RIP little dude 🙏🏾
It’s a real shame that it’s mission has had to end, you did well, RIP 🙏🏻
Note to self :- invent self repairing rotor blades
Hope Ingenuity can make it to the national Air and space museum one day. It could be returned to Earth if astronauts visit that area being it's small in light.
@penguinista
4 ай бұрын
That would be wonderful. Or there actually may be a museum on Mars one day.
It feels odd to have such affection for a drone, but I have been rooting for it and being psyched about its achievements for a long time!
@ge2623
4 ай бұрын
Name one.
0:00 that smile lol😂
@mho...
4 ай бұрын
atleast he didnt space out & played with his pen ;)
@Simp_Zone
4 ай бұрын
@@mho...LOL :)
Rest in peace 🙏🙏❤️ 😢
Well, there is always a second chance. Won't be the last attempt.
@jthoward
4 ай бұрын
They're expecting to send a similar craft (or a few of them) on the next rover
@moonshadowsong
4 ай бұрын
How far it get to getting at mar ?@@jthoward
@HaHaBIah
4 ай бұрын
@@moonshadowsong1 - 2 years Best to measure in timescales since brain can't comprehend big distances.
@jthoward
4 ай бұрын
@@moonshadowsong Next rover hasn't even been designed yet, let alone built
@coolintro867
4 ай бұрын
@@jthoward Fantastic concept technology testing
"ground-breaking" is just the wrong adjective for flying machines
@KEZAMINE
4 ай бұрын
Lol yh
@ndirangugichuki6260
4 ай бұрын
😂😂
@PenguinFace32
4 ай бұрын
The engineering involved in making it was no doubt ground breaking, 350,000,000 km away remember
@trs4u
4 ай бұрын
@@PenguinFace32fair point but even then I think civils would be happier described as "ground breaking" than any other kind of engineer. We could use some new language for the 'space age'. Even stuff like "horizon-extending" seems a bit jaded when you think about for what it was originally used.
@mho...
4 ай бұрын
....depends on how hard it hits the ground!
R.I.P. Ingenuity 💔✝
Dr. Fox shows how anything is possible when talented people apply themselves. Born in Hertfordshire, England, earned a variety of advanced degrees, moved to the US. Ran complex programs while conducting ground breaking research. Brilliant, positive, and personable. I hope we see more on her. (PS - Good Night Oppy tells the inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. Pity Ingenuity couldn't do the same. )
@SethiozProject
4 ай бұрын
"advanced degrees" mean nothing ... almost every intelligent person (Einstein, Musk ..etc) have said that you can graduate 10 colleges with highest degrees, but still be an IDl0T. i'm so fed up with people who think that degrees or colleges makes you intelligent ... you can't teach intelligence, you either have it or you don't. dumb person can memorize all the books and math formulas and repeat them back to you like a robot, but it doesn't make one intelligent. in fact Musk isn't as intelligent as he pretends to be. look at those tesla charging stations that dont work in cold ... doesn't he understand basic heat exchange? or how he broke his tesla truck's window by throwing a steel ball against it (to demonstrate it wont break) and later he tweeted and said "we threw that same ball against same window several times and it didnt break" ... that's quite dumb thing to say, reason why it broke, is because exactly what he said. how can musk not understand basic physics and how particles work? glass gets "tired", you can test it at your home. take some solid object and start tapping at your window in same exact place, depending on the force you use and object's density, it may take 50 - 1000 hits and window will break. if its tempered glass, it will break into pieces, if its normal window glass (like on houses), most likely a circle will pop out of it, with some cracks around it. i've done it myself, it looks really cool and you can make a bet with friends that you can use hammer to break out a circle from window. they all say its impossible, but try it yourself and see that its not only possible, but very easy to do. yet musk doesn't seem to understand this concept. most people measure intelligence in success, which is very dumb thing to do.
@markcynic808
4 ай бұрын
Yes, indeed. She was never going to fulfil her ambitions in the UK, that's for sure. Found time to raise two children, too.
Thank you, little helicopter.. we human owe you big favor … You will be in our memories forever… hopefully we can get you back when someday human being land on Mars…RIP
@tose917
4 ай бұрын
It was a complete waste of time and money.
@njlauren
4 ай бұрын
Agree totally. I hope some day this, the two earlier rivers, and opportunity are brought back and out into the air and space museum.
A sad day for science, but 3 years running is very good.
Considering its expected lifespan was about a month, I'd say they did pretty damn good. If travel to and from Mars ever becomes commonplace, Ingenuity will have a place of honor in a museum.
r I p little friend ❤
RIP dude... One fine day humans will reach upto you..
Lasting for 3 years is amazing! Maybe Ginny "knew" it was on a very important mission for mankind!
rip
RIP, Tsingting
Send Matt Damon to Mars, he is experienced in surviving in hostile mars, he is also known to showcase great resilience against the greatest odds.
The words seem strangely sensible even without the right context.
RIP. Sad
Kobeeeeee
♥️ " Ingo " FTW! thx BBC
I wonder if they're planning a recovery mission for it and any samples.
It's amazing that it could last that long given its mechanical parts exposed to harsh environment.
Funny how we find it hard to help each other as human beings on this earth shame and disgrace 😔
@jamesondieki6107
4 ай бұрын
where is the camera recording frm?😂
@penguinista
4 ай бұрын
There certainly could be more of it, but we rally support for people on the other side of the world all the time. Altruism and peace are increasing over time, but we have a skewed view of it because media is biased toward shocking and scary things to get attention.
@Deadassbruhfrfr
4 ай бұрын
There's over eight billion of us with different opinions. This is one helicopter. What a dumb comparison
Yes I love this we spend such few dollars exploring the unknown oceanic world .
@TheGreenReaper
4 ай бұрын
May our ignorance and strip-mining persist forevermore!
@matt-lo8ut
4 ай бұрын
We live in an AND world, not an OR world @@TheGreenReaper Don't let anyone convince you otherwise. Go and do some comparisons on fossil fuel extraction volumes relative to rare earths whilst you're at it. I'm sure you're not stupid, but you do appear to be utterly ignorant.
Love the thumnail on this, like Dagon from Space. Space Dagon
Man.. already?? Damn..
Oh...😔
im gna cry.
Just the fact that we had a drone copter fly on Mars is hewj.
NASA's going to secure some lucrative Martian real estate as the years go by.
Thank ❤ You
Next landing on mars will have a troop of walking robots to scout the planet
She was a great interviewee
I’ve watched Wall•E to know this is more heartbreaking than first thought.
Having problems getting their chopper up. ?
RIP to it and all those onboard. xx
@fast-toast
4 ай бұрын
It had no crew. It was a drone.
An $1,800 drone for $80 MILLION. Big success for a government contractor.
Try adding a way to drive your helicopter to increase the chance of the helicopter landing on its feet
@mqegg
4 ай бұрын
I believe theres a latency of 5-20 minutes so theres no way someone can drive it remotely.
@edenshorthousesthouse1925
4 ай бұрын
@@mqegg sphere it? Then it's like tumble weed until it can take off again
720p @ 50fps?
We need those nanobots asap
The Helicopter that could 🤌👏
Is the admin speaking from Mars? Why's the footage like that?😂
Now that thumbnail scared the crap out of me because it looked like a pair of eyes staring at me!
@mho...
4 ай бұрын
Pareidolia^^
Rest in peace wee man Rest in peace 🕊
This breaks my heart as a part of the human race...
"ah schleeze damn fleep floops" amy from futurama probably.
why tf does this news report feel like a parody, even though I know it's real and on the bbc channel, it just feels like the "tv news programs be like"
Aliens will send it back to NASA, they have NASA’s address
So, where is all the filmed images that is took. Mmmmmm. interesting thought.
@Dasycottus
4 ай бұрын
mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/#Location-Map Here. It's in the public domain. There's loads of data from its flights
@mqegg
4 ай бұрын
literally go and look it up yourself
The picture at the begining is of 3 craters on jupiter that was made when comet levy - 7 exploded and split into 7 fragments and hit jupiter and that was a long time ago and they are still visible , if it wasnt for jupiter earth would have been distroyed
RIP
Can he let her talk?
long ago bbc knew there are bigger devices on mars with three legs and lasers
A very special propeller, special rotor. Lol. Light material, special design. Lol. Not giving any specifics. 😂
Helicopter repair technician is on its way to mars with super glue
I like how they rush her like they can’t spend more than 5 minutes talking about the first flight on another planet because you know gotta get to them adverts and to another story that I’m sure is as significant to mankind…
@wildboar7473
4 ай бұрын
.....wasnt this usa 3 years ago first?
Hurry up and get your ticket to Mars!!!
@codyhughes4472
4 ай бұрын
.3 inches of mercury is above 80000 feet. How high can your drone fly?
it was a complete sucess then great means alot of data gathered
@user-oc1qo5dk4b
4 ай бұрын
Try that again, in English.
Did it leave a no trespassing sign for the non maggots😮😂
Well don't do test too high.😂
This is another example of what's wrong with modern reporting/journalism. A him-bo in a suit doesn't have enough curiosity to extract the info for those who do.
Ingenuity! Better send Drone Rovers on to the Mars.
Adios vaquero
I understand Bill Nelson is a very intelligent, very well respected man - but why does he strike me as someone who grew up in that town in "children of the corn"?
I'm sure Howard Wolowitz has something to do with it.
Imagine that people who lived in the 1920s are listening to this news
@one_step_sideways
4 ай бұрын
They would be horrified to learn that we learned nothing from The Great War and would see that the End Times before The Last Judgement would be worse than they thought
🗣️"YOU BROKE THE BLOODY SHIP?!" (Galaxy Quest movie)😓😀😀
Using remote control robots to scout out planets an unfathomable distance away is a long way from discovering fire. Yet we are still most excellent at destroying ourselves...
it died alone with no other bots near it so sad
So long... partner 🥲
very strange ? 55 years so long...why never even 1 rover send back to " APOLLO LANDING SITE ??? " 🤔🤔🤔
Wow, the NASA administrator really has a low opinion of his audience.
Will we find life on mars
This woman has a hybrid American and British accent. Never heard that before. Lol
Man is the best of creation❤
NASA must build corrosion proof drone
honestly this woman doesn't look like shes lying
Humanity is rooting for you ❤️
Attemot #78? Cant keep up. Probably gonba need mire funding eh?
What did it run into to chip that wing off ?
@TheGreenReaper
4 ай бұрын
Guessing a rock, lots of them on Mars.
@TaurusSpace
4 ай бұрын
Ground
@derpett9999
4 ай бұрын
Could have clipped the ground while trying to right itself.
@arnelilleseter4755
4 ай бұрын
It landed a little harder than normal on slightly slanted terrain, probably tipped over and touched the ground with the rotors still running at full speed.
They probably discovered another face on Mars or a pyramid.
hope we can bring it back to Earth someday and worship it in the temple of drone
0:48 This guy ain't real. He's A.I generated!
00:36 That has to be AI
Innovative technology. But that NASA administrator’s blubbering cringe-worthy, nauseating “little X that could” platitudes - just…don’t.
Lot of Special. As the scientific Experts, got so wrong lifespan, why is that? Atmospheric volume less than 1% of Earth’s, sounds like it could fly below Karmin Line.
Why they showing us pictures of earth. People still believe they landed on Mars? Those pics are from Antarctica n mars island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean
One of Mars Martians will repair it over night 🌙
Yea right they found ancient ruins and now the say it broke. Typical
Goodbye millions
@Dasycottus
4 ай бұрын
The thing was only expected to survive for a month. NASA made those millions of dollars last 3500% longer than they were asked to. That's pretty good 🤷
2001 A Space Odyssey had a better story line and cinematography than anything NASA has ever released.