NASA Gets Weather Report From Mars
Perseverance Rover Monitoring the Martian Weather Source: NASA Perseverance & Ingenuity on Mars WX Critical For Ingenuity Helicopter Flights History continues to be made by NASA, its Perseverance Rover and Ingenuity drone helicopter on Mars. Perseverance has provided NASA with its first full weather report from Mars. Weather conditions are critical for NASA to make informed decisions on Ingenuity's schedule of flight testing. Ingenuity is the world's first helicopter to land on Mars and, for that matter, on any planet outside of the Earth. The weather data is also mission critical for making decisions on the Perseverance rover's series of missions. And the weather data tremendously expands understanding of the Martian atmosphere for NASA scientists. Average Temperatures Far Colder Than Earth Weather conditions are a deciding factor on when Ingenuity takes flight, which could...
