NASA plans sending experimental helicopter to Mars

NASA plans to send a special helicopter drone to the Red Planet.

According to Advocator.ca, the device will join the Mars 2020 rover, and it has already passed a selection of trials which infer that the initiative will be quite successful.

The tests which took place in January involved the use of a chamber which simulated the atmospheric conditions found on Mars. The engineers wanted to see if the helicopter was able to fly in an atmosphere which is substantially thinner in comparison to the one found on Earth.  

The initial test was passed with flying colors, and the device was sent to the Lockheed Martin facility located in Colorado. The helicopter drone underwent a complex array of experiments which involved a large number of factors.

Among the tests, there was one for flight vibrations and shock, to see if the internal mechanism and the attachments mounted on the device will be able to withstand the shock which occurs when it will be launched and upon entering the Martian atmosphere.