NASA Performs First Aircraft Accident Probe on Another Planet
NASA is conducting the first aircraft accident investigation on another planet, its Jet Propulsion Laboratory wrote Wednesday. It said JPL engineers, along with unmanned aerial vehicle defense contractor AeroVironment, are assessing the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's Jan. 18 flight. The lab…
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said a NASA technical report with results will be published in coming weeks. The investigation points to the inability of Ingenuity's navigation system to provide accurate data during the flight, likely leading to the crash.