The planet Mars is the most intensively studied among the planets of the solar system at the moment, even if it is not the closest to the Earth, it is visited by a series of space probes that try to discover more of what is happening there. Those from NASA have 2 robots and a helicopter on the surface of the planet Mars, and on September 18 they should have made a new flight with it, but an anomaly prevented the completion of the mission.
The planet Mars is not exactly one that is friendly to any kind of objects on its surface, and what was observed by the scientists with the helicopter prevented the initiation of a flight with a higher rotation speed for its propellers. Those from NASA said that the helicopter detected two anomalies in the servomotors on the basis of which the propeller mechanisms work, so the team of researchers decided not to initiate the new flight to the planet Mars.
Planet Mars: The Unexpected ANOMALY That Surprised Researchers
The planet Mars was flown over by this helicopter in several flights, but those from NASA did not risk raising the helicopters again considering that the servomotors detected anomalies that could have led to its collapse. In this idea, NASA decided to do new investigations to see if the problem of those components is real, or just an erroneous detection, and only then will they try to raise it again on the planet Mars.
"Here's what happened: Ingenuity detected an anomaly in two of the small flight control servos (or simply 'servos') during the automatic pre-flight check and did exactly what it was supposed to do: abort the flight. Servo motors are much smaller than the motors that turn the rotors, but they do a lot of work and are essential for stable and controlled flight.”
The planet Mars, in its journey through the solar system, will be behind the sun in the next two weeks, so no communication with the Earth will be possible, and NASA will suspend its missions until it returns to the communication orbit. In the meantime, NASA engineers will try to find out what are the problems with the helicopter that should fly over the planet Mars, but it is hindered by problems of this kind that are very serious.
The planet Mars will continue to be explored by those from NASA in the coming months and in the coming years, so it will be very interesting to see what scientists will discover on the cosmic body.
