Functional testing of NASA’s Mars Helicopter and its cruise stage occurred in the airlock inside Kennedy Space Center’s Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility on March 10, 2020. The helicopter was ...

The Ingenuity Mars helicopter has been more successful than anyone dared hope, lasting far, far beyond its originally planned five flights. The little helicopter recently made its 66th flight and has ...

Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade published footage of the first test flight of the Mi-34M1 helicopter equipped with a ...

Airbus Helicopters has been using its Flightlab rotorcraft to flight test a control system that will equip its CityAirbus NextGen electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) advanced air mobility ...

NASA is getting the best of both worlds as it tests future Mars helicopter designs both on Earth and the Red Planet for the first time, marking a historic milestone in aeronautical experimentation.

Russian Helicopters has launched the final stage of certification testing on the Mi-38 multirole helicopter. Testing is being carried out on two prototype models of the helicopter fitted with Russian ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA engineers plan to send a miniature helicopter whirring just above the surface of Mars next month in an interplanetary aviation experiment that, if successful, would mark ...

Included in the test was a novel energy absorbing sub-floor beam designed and manufactured under the CRC-ACS research program. Within CRC-ACS Project 2.1 – Systems for Crashworthiness, design tools ...

After completing its flight test early this year, the Mars Helicopter Scout (MHS) is undergoing final preparation and could join the rover this summer. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share ...

The carbon fiber blades’ rotation almost reached Mach 1. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA recently released a video showing a ...