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NASA espera realizar primer vuelo en Marte del helicóptero Ingenuity el lunes

Pase lo que pase, después de un mes o menos, el experimento Ingenuity se detendrá, dejando que el rover Perseverance se dedique a su tarea principal: buscar rastros de vida antigua en Marte

This NASA photo obtained on April 15, 2021 shows the solar panel of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's solar panel as seen by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. roughly 6.5 by 17 inches (425 mm by 165 mm), the panel charges six lithium-ion batteries inside the helicopter. - The small amount of dust on the panel may have accumulated above the helicopter during landing and fallen onto it during helicopter deployment. This dust has had no adverse impact on the helicopter's power. Solar cells in the array are optimized for the solar spectrum encountered at Mars, and the stored energy is used to operate heaters for the cold Martian nights as well as power the helicopter during flight operations. Power expended by the helicopter during an up-to-90-second flight is about 350 watts. (Photo by Handout / NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU/HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This NASA photo obtained on April 15, 2021 shows the solar panel of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter's solar panel as seen by Mastcam-Z, a pair of zoomable cameras aboard NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. roughly 6.5 by 17 inches (425 mm by 165 mm), the panel charges six lithium-ion batteries inside the helicopter. - The small amount of dust on the panel may have accumulated above the helicopter during landing and fallen onto it during helicopter deployment. This dust has had no adverse impact on the helicopter's power. Solar cells in the array are optimized for the solar spectrum encountered at Mars, and the stored energy is used to operate heaters for the cold Martian nights as well as power the helicopter during flight operations. Power expended by the helicopter during an up-to-90-second flight is about 350 watts. (Photo by Handout / NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/ASU/HANDOUT" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HANDOUT
Esta foto de la NASA obtenida el 15 de abril del 2021 muestra que las palas de fibra de carbono del helicóptero Ingenuity se pueden ver en este video tomado por el instrumento Mastcam-Z a bordo del rover Perseverance Mars de la NASA el 8 de abril del 2021. Foto: AFP (HANDOUT/AFP)

Washington. El primer vuelo en Marte del mini helicóptero Ingenuity, de la NASA, podría realizarse el próximo lunes, informó este sábado la agencia espacial estadounidense, después de un retraso de más de una semana debido a un problema técnico.

Se espera que el viaje de Ingenuity, el primero de un dispositivo motorizado en otro planeta, permita a la NASA recopilar datos invaluables sobre las condiciones de vida en Marte.

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