Engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California, have demonstrated that the blades of their next-generation Mars helicopter rotors can punch past the speed of sound and ...
Supersonic rotor breakthrough: NASA achieved Mach 1.08 rotor tip speeds in Mars helicopter tests, surpassing a key engineering barrier for sustained flight in the planet’s thin atmosphere. SkyFall ...
Nasa engineers have pushed the rotor blades of future Mars helicopters past the speed of sound during a series of high-risk tests designed to help the next generation of aircraft carry heavier ...