The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Ingenuity Mars Helicopter team reported on Thursday that the small uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) had suffered, in Nasa jargon, an “anomaly” during its sixth flight in the Red Planet’s very thin atmosphere. Because of the time taken by radio signals to travel from Earth to Mars and back, Ingenuity has to operate autonomously. The team at JPL has no idea how a flight has gone until after it is finished, ...
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