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Why Did The Mars Helicopter Disappear?
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Why Did The Mars Helicopter Disappear?
  • Published_at:2025-03-20
  • Category:Education
  • Channel:Veritasium
  • tags: veritasium science physics Science astronomy mars planets helicopter exploration cosmology space solar system stars red planet sun NASA ESA Mission to Mars Mars Rover mars dust dust storm astrum JPL winter mars winter hooke’s law bitflip atmosphere
  • description: How a helicopter built of phone parts survived Mars for 3 years. Use code veritasium at https://incogni.com/veritasium to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. Try Snatoms! A molecular modelling kit I invented where the atoms snap together. https://ve42.co/SnatomsV CLARIFICATION - At 0:12, we say that ingenuity is 680g which is its weight on Mars. On Earth however, it weighs around 1800g. ▀▀▀ A massive thank you to the team at JPL and especially Teddy Tzanetos, Travis Brown, Håvard Grip and DC Agle Check out Astrum's video on Mars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7mjp7MDx_w ▀▀▀ 0:00 How Did Ingenuity Get To Mars? 3:23 Better Results, Bigger Expectations 6:15 Wobblecopter 7:48 Dust On Mars 9:41 What Is The Temperature On Mars? 11:54 Wake-Up Call 13:41 Android To The Rescue 16:22 Cosmic Rays 20:53 Dune and The Crash 25:26 The Next Generation ▀▀▀ References: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - NASA Science via science.nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/marsheli Ingenuity Poised for First Extraterrestrial Flight via www.batterytechonline.com - https://ve42.co/batflight Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - NASA Science via science.nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/marsheli2 Ingenuity (helicopter) via Wikipedia - https://ve42.co/wikiheli Mars Facts | NASA Mars Exploration via science.nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/marsfacts Inside the Ingenuity Helicopter Teamwork on Mars via insideunmannedsystems.com - https://ve42.co/marscrew Ingenuity Adapts for Mars Winter Operations via science.nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/marswinter Ingenuity Is Doing Surprisingly Well via www.universetoday.com - https://ve42.co/marswell Remember NASA's Little Mars Copter? It's Still Going Strong via www.sciencealert.com - https://ve42.co/marsstrong How Far Away Is Mars? via www.space.com - https://ve42.co/marsdist Mars Cameras via science.nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/marsorb Mars Exploration Meeting Documentation via www.hou.usra.edu - https://ve42.co/marsmeet Ingenuity Quick Facts via www.jpl.nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/marsquick Flight 14 Delayed via science.nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/marsspin Ingenuity Almost Crashed Due to Camera Glitch via petapixel.com - https://ve42.co/marsglitch Additional References - https://ve42.co/MarsAdRefs Images & Video: Images and video from Perseverance and Ingenuity missions supplied by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Matthias (3 axis accelerometer, 3 axis gyroscope) https://youtu.be/yqFfmwVufMo?si=IoCj32PeVNZ4VJ-F Veritasium. https://youtu.be/ty9QSiVC2g0?si=Gb48I-YjADPbPUsL The Limiting Factor https://youtu.be/4-1psMHSpKs?si=LF1jfLLNsBwRfwkB NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/xsUtq8PwZpQ?si=xOC91fdoSHdJndgx VideoFromSpace. https://youtu.be/Kb0Pc22N6w4?si=4uSUetsSUKFTStme NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/qMbHE_VXI-8?si=TNePbTRpcN3oLEVJ Veritasium. https://youtu.be/GhsZUZmJvaM?si=IIY0uuDrT-LzY5bI Sighawke. https://youtu.be/OdKAW_0ENPU?si=18ZXXll3wSMj_Ex3 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/thk4Rha-fTk?si=_elC6Iqm1uaSjEFX NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/PFbzEM8PzHE?si=LmO71EVFqBAn6NEw NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/ia6S1jZmwWc?si=aAFC-BEmGwHIIqH7 JPL Raw. https://youtu.be/uz4GaAE7OMQ?si=7084_GDkrGnSSVTy NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. https://youtu.be/U7DFnNimSfw?si=JgwO2SNU9HXf3GIa Apex Clips. https://youtu.be/NttUBB98zg4?si=j1OEQD1VBONTEEPI Veritasium. https://youtu.be/AaZ_RSt0KP8?si=h7NKzMtJ87HRZ-bB Cyber Chaos Crew. https://youtu.be/-KFH--_cdiI?si=S5rv8RjTtscu-S22 NBC News. https://youtu.be/lFiTjZDOekg?si=6a43qnPdveHaz6YA Further image and video credits - https://docs.google.com/document/d/19fkGlnMj86GoISqBuEJbmW5oIpDI-JwDmlM7-iFITzU/edit?usp=sharing ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters: Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Alex Porter, Alexander Tamas, Anton Ragin, Autodidactic Studios, Balkrishna Heroor, Bertrand Serlet, Blake Byers, Bruce, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, David Tseng, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, gpoly, Greg Scopel, HydrochloRick, Juan Benet, Keith England, KeyWestr, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Matthias Wrobel, Meekay, meg noah Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Richard Sundvall, Sam Lutfi, TTST, Tj Steyn, Ubiquity Ventures, wolfee ▀▀▀ Directed by Henry van Dyck Written by Henry van Dyck Edited by Trenton Oliver On-site Interviews by Jonny Hyman Filming by Alex Gorosh Produced by Rob Beasley Spence, Tori Brittain, Jonny Hyman, Henry van Dyck, Gabe Strong, Zoe Heron, and Derek Muller Animated by Emma Wright and Mike Radjabov Additional Research by Gabe Strong and Darius Garewal Additional Editing by James Stuart Thumbnail contributions by Ben Powell, Ren Hurley, Peter Sheppard, Gregor Čavlović and Henry van Dyck Additional video/photos supplied by NASA JPL, Getty Images and Storyblocks Music from Epidemic Sound
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