Mars mission 2020
DC micromotors for the first Mars helicopter
In two years' time, the US space agency NASA will be sending a new rover to the Red Planet. On board: a helicopter that will take the first aerial photos of Mars. The rotors are controlled by small DC motors from the Swiss company Maxon Motor.
The helicopter is due to land on Mars in February 2021. The plans of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) envisage that it will make several autonomous flights lasting up to 90 seconds in the first 30 days of the mission. For the first time on Earth, we will get aerial images of Mars!
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