Posted on Apr 13, 2021
Ingenuity Helicopter will get first ever software update on Mars before historic flight
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Good early afternoon my Brothers and Sisters!
Well Murphy's Law has moved in on Ingenuity as it has been determined by NASA/JPL that the Ingenuity Helicopter will get first ever software update on Mars before historic flight! The flight was scheduled for Wednesday, but has been shifted to the Monday April 19th in order to complete the software update and then test it to make sure that the timing glitch is fixed...
For those of us who are anxiously waiting for Ingenuity's flight, we will have to settle in for a little longer! &()*&&^%^&^%$^!!!!!
Okay so I am a little disappointed, but the reality is that it is better to perform the update and test it, so that history can record that we flew on Mars!!! So am okay with it... How about you?
Here is what NASA had to relate:
On April 12, 2021 NASA announced Ingenuity Mars Helicopter have not passed high-speed spin test so the first flight rescheduled for no earlier than April 19. NASA e command sequence issue identified on Sol 49 (April 9) during a planned explained The Ingenuity team has identified a software solution for the high-speed spin-up test of the helicopter’s rotors. Over the weekend, the team considered and tested multiple potential solutions to this issue, concluding that minor modification and reinstallation of Ingenuity’s flight control software is the most robust path forward. This software update will modify the process by which the two flight controllers boot up, allowing the hardware and software to safely transition to the flight state. Modifications to the flight software are being independently reviewed and validated today and tomorrow in testbeds at JPL.
Ingenuity is completely safe on the surface of Mars. Critical functions such as power, communications, and thermal control are stable. It is not unexpected for a technology demonstration like this to encounter challenges that need to be worked in real time.
Credit: nasa.gov, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Enjoy my Brothers and Sisters!
Kerry
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Well Murphy's Law has moved in on Ingenuity as it has been determined by NASA/JPL that the Ingenuity Helicopter will get first ever software update on Mars before historic flight! The flight was scheduled for Wednesday, but has been shifted to the Monday April 19th in order to complete the software update and then test it to make sure that the timing glitch is fixed...
For those of us who are anxiously waiting for Ingenuity's flight, we will have to settle in for a little longer! &()*&&^%^&^%$^!!!!!
Okay so I am a little disappointed, but the reality is that it is better to perform the update and test it, so that history can record that we flew on Mars!!! So am okay with it... How about you?
Here is what NASA had to relate:
On April 12, 2021 NASA announced Ingenuity Mars Helicopter have not passed high-speed spin test so the first flight rescheduled for no earlier than April 19. NASA e command sequence issue identified on Sol 49 (April 9) during a planned explained The Ingenuity team has identified a software solution for the high-speed spin-up test of the helicopter’s rotors. Over the weekend, the team considered and tested multiple potential solutions to this issue, concluding that minor modification and reinstallation of Ingenuity’s flight control software is the most robust path forward. This software update will modify the process by which the two flight controllers boot up, allowing the hardware and software to safely transition to the flight state. Modifications to the flight software are being independently reviewed and validated today and tomorrow in testbeds at JPL.
Ingenuity is completely safe on the surface of Mars. Critical functions such as power, communications, and thermal control are stable. It is not unexpected for a technology demonstration like this to encounter challenges that need to be worked in real time.
Credit: nasa.gov, NASA/JPL-Caltech, NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Enjoy my Brothers and Sisters!
Kerry
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Thank you my space-exploration advocate friend Sgt (Join to see) for posting the documentary video that the NASA 'Ingenuity Helicopter will get first ever software update on Mars before historic flight.'
The talent of the designers, engineers and all others involved in this enterprise deserve kudos.
Come A Ty-ya Yippie Yi Yo --- Wilf Carter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxriVnyPkRg
FYI PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SMSgt Tom Burns SP5 Gary Nelson SSG Bill McCoy SSG Franklin Briant COL Mikel J. BurroughsMAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D PO2 (Join to see) SFC William Farrell 1LT Peter Duston SSG Michael Noll SFC Chuck Martinez SPC Nancy Greene SPC Michael Terrell SPC Woody Bullard CWO3 Dennis M.
The talent of the designers, engineers and all others involved in this enterprise deserve kudos.
Come A Ty-ya Yippie Yi Yo --- Wilf Carter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxriVnyPkRg
FYI PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SMSgt Tom Burns SP5 Gary Nelson SSG Bill McCoy SSG Franklin Briant COL Mikel J. BurroughsMAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D PO2 (Join to see) SFC William Farrell 1LT Peter Duston SSG Michael Noll SFC Chuck Martinez SPC Nancy Greene SPC Michael Terrell SPC Woody Bullard CWO3 Dennis M.
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Sgt (Join to see)
At least they know what was wrong and how to fix it... Now it is just implementation and testing before the new flight date!!!
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