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welcome to nasa's jet propulsion

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laboratory in southern california nasa's

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ingenuity mars helicopter hitched a ride

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to the red planet on the mars 2020

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perseverance rover which landed in

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jezreel crater on february 18. earlier

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today ingenuity should have autonomously

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performed its first flight attempt on

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mars now the team is ready to receive

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the data that will tell them whether

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we've made history with the first

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controlled flight on another planet

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thank you for joining us at this early

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hour i'm marina jurica of the jpl news

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office ingenuity is a technology

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demonstration which means it is a proof

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of concept experiment after years of

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development on earth the team has one

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month to test the technology on mars

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tonight we'll talk to a few team members

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and then keep our eyes on the room where

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the helicopter operations team will be

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receiving and studying their data to

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assist us in that room is one of the

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ingenuity helicopter engineers taryn

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bailey who will help guide us through

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the steps the helicopter team is taking

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to see the results of their first flight

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and begin the month of ingenuity welcome

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taryn hi marina thanks so much for

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having me super excited to be here it's

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flight night oh yes it's flight night

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you had an integral part with the

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helicopter team can you tell us about

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your role

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yeah so i'm a mechanical engineer and i

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helped in the assembly integration and

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testing of the ingenuity vehicle and it

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was really important that we simulate a

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mars-like atmosphere in our testing and

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in doing so we knew it would give us the

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best chance to execute a real flight on

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mars and that's not an easy feat flying

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on mars is much different than flying on

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earth very difficult it's less than one

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percent of earth's atmosphere making it

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very difficult to fly and generate

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enough lift

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so taran what is the ingenuity team

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preparing for right now what are they

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waiting to see

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that we executed our first flight the

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actual flight of ours took place earlier

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today and that's because mars is over

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178 million miles away so there's a

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little bit of a delay

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the data is expected to hit the deep

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space network at about 3 34

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a.m pacific time and we'll start

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processing the data shortly after that

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to see how we did

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fingers crossed thanks so much taryn

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we'll be coming back to you shortly as

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we get closer to the start of the data

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downlink

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what started out as a dream is now

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becoming reality for the ingenuity

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helicopter team let's take a look at

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their journey

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sometimes you have to do something just

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to show that you can do it

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when the wright brothers flew for the

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first time this new an experimental

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aircraft

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and in the same way the mars helicopter

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is designed to show that we can fly

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power helicopter flight in the martian

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from day one this was the unwavering

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dream of our team to get our helicopter

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launched to mars

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so that we can get the opportunity to do

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that very first rotograph flight test

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in the actual environment of mars

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it's extremely difficult to fly

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at mars because atmosphere is so thin

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the first and foremost challenge is to

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make a vehicle that's light enough to be

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lifted and then the second is to

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generate lift the rotor system is to

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we're spinning between 2 000 and 3000

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revolutions per minute and it takes a

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lot of energy so it's that balance of a

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very light system yet

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having enough energy that's needed to

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and on top of it having to design in the

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it has to be fully autonomous from the

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time it takes off the time it lands what

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flights and so we determine from here

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where we want the helicopter to go

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our experiment window is 30 martian days

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horizontally again at a few meters per

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meters and come back in successive

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flights we'll probably push that further

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try to go further so our priority will

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be to get back engineering telemetry and

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not so much images but i'm sure we'll

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return a few you know because they'll

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always look cool

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this point we've tested all we can on

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earth we have mathematical models that

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shows how it will fly at mars and we've

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tested it in the simulated environment

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that we can create on earth

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it really is time now to

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do the real blood types at mars

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nothing is a given but we have done

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everything we can in terms of a test

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program here on earth the vehicle is

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performing extremely well so far it's

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been doing exactly the right thing even

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right now and it's bolted onto the

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perseverance rover so there's a very

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good chance that we'll pull it off yes

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but it's still high risk

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none of us forget that you could have a

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glitch that you know

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could mean end of mission yes it's going

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to be exciting reacting to any surprises

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what's really most important is

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everything we're learning here is for

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the future roto craft systems that we

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along with your cup of coffee coffee you

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can join in on the conversation by

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asking the helicopter team questions at

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nasa jpl on all social platforms by

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using the hashtag mars helicopter we

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will get to your questions later on in

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the program

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mimi ong is the project manager for

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ingenuity she joins us now as they wait

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for the downlink to start welcome mimi

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good morning hi good morning marina

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now mimi this has been quite the journey

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for you and your team how do you feel

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finally reaching this moment

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no our team has been working on the mars

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helicopter for over six years and for

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some even longer towards his ultimate

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dream of experimenting the first flight

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at mars here we are

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yes here we are and last week was a

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little bit of a week for you guys you've

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had some technical challenges what made

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you decide to go ahead with the first

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flight attempt this morning

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april 9th was a surprise we were two

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days away from first flight and just on

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to our very last checkout high speed

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spin of the rotor system and there we

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discovered an intricate uh timing issue

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that was preventing the helicopter from

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transitioning to flight mode the mode

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that we need to be in to spin the rotor

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system high speed so right after we

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our team went into high gear identified

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two possible solutions in a couple of

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days and uh we picked the solution that

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so a note there though that the solution

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that we have adopted uh it does

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mode about 85 percent of the time

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so when we go to flight and if we don't

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go into flight mode the helicopter will

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stay safe and we will attempt the first

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so just last friday we took the solution

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spun ingenuity's rotor system full speed

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perspective the goal is to fly on a

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planet that has just one percent the

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atmosphere of earth and you're

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at mars you know a rotorcraft pushes

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atmosphere to generate lift and when

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today and ingenuity

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is less than 1.8 kilograms right four

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pounds and in that four pounds ingenuity

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has to be able to fly in that very thin

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atmosphere and be able to survive and

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operate autonomously at mars

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for example ingenuity our little four

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pounder has been on the surface of mars

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keeping yourself warm throughout the

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every day so on top of that our flight

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and the team has come so far already

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team already achieved before this

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engine ingenuity has passed all of its

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and has been charging yourself with high

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good energy levels each time it's been

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communicating daily to the base station

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and keeping itself warm

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and all with the rotor system all

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checked out to full speed ingenuity is

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and at the high level for the mars

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we have three goals that are in line

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with nasa's agency level objectives the

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that it is possible to fly a controlled

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power flight in the thin atmosphere of

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mars we've done that the second

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data back very soon here on that first

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flight and the third is to return data

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of mars helicopter we have received

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valuable information data back since we

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tonight's uh data from the first flight

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we're ready to go we are ready to go now

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what is success going to look like for

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successfully transitions the helicopter

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be attempting the flight again tomorrow

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if we don't get to flight mode tonight

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then we'll go on uh when we if we go

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successfully to the flight mode there

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are four scenarios

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full success in flight second scenario

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could be partial success in flight the

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third would be not having sufficient

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information in which case we'll need

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more time to determine what happened the

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fourth could be failure so whatever the

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outcome

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and a bright future is ahead mimi the

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risk is huge but the reward is high we

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will all be rooting for your team good

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luck thank you marina as we get closer

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to the data arrival let's talk to tim

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cannon ingenuity operations lead thanks

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for joining us tim

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thanks marina glad to be here

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now how does the data even get here from

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the helicopter to the team

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well they say sometimes it's complicated

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right so the helicopter does not have a

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radio that can talk directly to earth so

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we need the help of the rover as a

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matter of fact the rover has an

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instrument on board which is also built

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by the helicopter team called the

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helicopter base station the helicopter

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base station has a radio which talks to

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the helicopter

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so as you have heard earlier today the

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helicopter flew

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as it was flying and after landed it

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transferred its data to the base station

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and then the rover takes the data from

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the base station and transmits it

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to an orbiter that would be the mro

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orbiter and then the mro orbiter turns

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to earth and then sends all the data to

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the deep space network at that point the

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deep space network itself turns around

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sends it to jpl and into the ground data

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systems at that point when it shows up

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our team can take that data and decode

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it and see what happened during the

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flight

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it sounds like it has to be well

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choreographed him how do you plan the

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first flight it's a remote autonomous

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operation what goes into the planning

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and the execution

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well you know we've done it all as a

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team as we have all along it's been a

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challenge with code to be remote but we

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learn new ways to to work together

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we're a small team but we're a fast

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moving team we practiced all of these

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things over the course of the last year

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from getting the data from the rover to

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decoding it to interpreting what it

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meant

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and

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us safely we were able to start our

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survey for right field and we found it

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fortunately right near where we landed

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and so working with other instruments on

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the rover like meta with the weather

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instrument and zcam which is this

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beautiful camera to take pictures we

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planned our flight the flight will be

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about 40 seconds long

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we'll lift off

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we'll pivot towards the rover

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and then we'll land

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it's going to be very basic flight just

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to we want to do the very uh basic

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things first to make sure that we can do

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our flight

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and then at that point

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we will get all our data back and look

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at it but we had to practice all those

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things and we've been using this time on

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the surface to get familiar with the

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vehicle and how it operates and work

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around those various troubles that mimi

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talked about and the team is ready to go

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and tim what specifically will the

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helicopter team be looking for as we go

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through this morning

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so one of the great things about this

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helicopter is has a very powerful

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processor

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it's tiny but it's powerful and we get

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lots and lots of data the processor

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itself is about 100 times as powerful as

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the processor even on the rover

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and so we get all this data as i

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mentioned that gets sent to the rover

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and then the rover sends it to us so as

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our downlink lead michael starch sees

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that data arrive in the data center he

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will decode it and look for you will

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look for the successful arrival of the

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data

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hovard grip our chief pilot and he will

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look at the portion of the data that

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relates to how the flight went there are

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series of events that the helicopter

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sends as it transitions through each

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stage of the flight

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and when hovard is able to verify that

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the progression went as planned then

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he'll turn to the actual data

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and look at

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a

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so if everything goes well we should see

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some of those landing pictures and be

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able to look at them on the screen so

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hobart will display those as well and

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then finally if all goes well there

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should be at the same time our data is

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coming down there should be

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data coming down from the z cam

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instrument that i mentioned the mask mz

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a really powerful camera system that's

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going to try to capture us in flight so

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if they were if they were able to

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capture that moment of flight then they

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will be able to display those

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images on their screen and be able to

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see a quick view of how the helicopter

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flew

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that's how it's going to go

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well tim we can't wait to see those

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photos for sure thank you so much and

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good luck to you

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thank you

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we will get back to the action in the

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room in just a moment now joining us is

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associate administrator of nasa's

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science mission directorate thomas

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zurbukin who is here at jpl for the

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helicopter's first test flight welcome

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thomas i'm so glad to be here marina hi

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hi now how important is tonight to space

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exploration oh it's techno technology

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demonstrations are really important for

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all of us you know it's really taking a

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tool that we haven't been able to use

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and put it in the box of tools that is

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available for all of our missions going

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forward at mars so for me it's really

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exciting personally and for the

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community overall it opens up new doors

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and thomas why is it important to have

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that aerial dimension to space

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exploration

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there's many applications that require

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that imagine for example going into

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areas of you know and exploring them

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that we cannot

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use a rover for that some of these

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crater walls that are so exciting

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scientists have been writing papers

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about it it's also important to have the

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aerial dimension in the context of human

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exploration of mars of which we're

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dreaming even now and that aerial

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dimension being kind of able to scout

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well thank you so much for joining

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joining us dr z hey thanks

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let's check back in now with taryn

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bailey to see how things are shaping up

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with the team's next steps hey taryn

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hey marina we're moments away from

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receiving that all-important data and

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the anticipation is definitely building

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in the room everyone's very focused just

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waiting on pins and needles eagerly

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waiting for that data to arrive and

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we're just preparing ourselves for what

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comes down

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and you know this was such a big

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challenge for us to embark upon as a

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team and we are such a small and

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close-knit team

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so it was really it's really great to be

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back in the room with all of my

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colleagues and my teammates uh we're all

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here in support of one another we have

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bob dylan watching and he's been the

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vision behind this so from the very

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beginning so we have such great

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leadership on this team and

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very excited to be here

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and we're going to be hearing from a lot

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of people taryn so can you let us know

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who we're going to be hearing from as we

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progress through the morning

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yes we'll first hear from our down

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league lead michael starch

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and he's going to be the person that

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first lays eyes on the data and when he

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receives it he'll unpack it he'll run

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through a data receivable procedure

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make his call out and then he'll hand it

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over to our guidance navigation and

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control lead also our chief pilot havard

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grip

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he'll interpret that data and

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display an altimeter plot to indicate if

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we flew

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some other voices we'll hear on voca

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will be

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our deputy ops lead teddy zenetos who

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will report on the battery status and

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our systems engineer jaco karis who will

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and we're going to be taking a couple of

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your social media questions right now as

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we wait for michael to make that

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announcement that the data is coming in

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so taryn

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a man named flo on instagram asks why

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did we send a helicopter to mars in the

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first place

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great question why not

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um

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sending a an aerial vehicle

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at this stage especially you know we

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have sent five rovers to mars and now we

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have an aerial dimension which dr

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zurbukin

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pointed out that it's really important

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because it elevates the next stage of

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space exploration

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and we can do more science with it it

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can be a coordinated effort for future

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missions it also opens the doorway for

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human exploration and the helicopter can

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go into areas where the rover can so

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there are a lot of

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caves and the rover has to overcome a

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lot of obstacles on the ground that the

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helicopter can ideally move around and

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that's why it's such a great option for

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uh putting an aerial vehicle on another

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planet

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and as tim mentioned it has to be well

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choreographed this flight and so elio on

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instagram asks why is the first flight

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only vertical

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so every flight we're gonna build upon

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it but this first flight our mission

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success criteria is really to

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demonstrate that we can fly and so

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that's why this first flight is really

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all about being able to demonstrate that

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we can fly on another planet and so that

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means we'll do

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a three

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meter hover above the martian surface

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touch back down to signal success and

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then we can

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advance from there

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and getting back to what everyone's

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going to be looking at you had mentioned

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that hovard is going to be looking at a

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plot what exactly is that going to look

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like is it easy to see if the flight

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actually took place

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yes so his altimeter plot will

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indicate a peak and

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we'll start off with a flat line

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indicating that we were grounded then

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we'll spin up and it'll have a steep

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incline to show that we've

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risen and then at the top we'll have a

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dwell where we're hovering and then

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another

558
00:23:04,470 --> 00:23:02,080
steep decline in the graph to show that

559
00:23:06,789 --> 00:23:04,480
we've touched down so it should be

560
00:23:10,470 --> 00:23:06,799
pretty cut and dry to see

561
00:23:15,110 --> 00:23:12,950
and this morning of course as you

562
00:23:17,510 --> 00:23:15,120
mentioned the helicopter flew a few

563
00:23:19,909 --> 00:23:17,520
hours ago and we're waiting to see if it

564
00:23:22,310 --> 00:23:19,919
did happen but you did a whole lot of

565
00:23:24,310 --> 00:23:22,320
testing here on earth before you send

566
00:23:27,350 --> 00:23:24,320
ingenuity up there tell me what it was

567
00:23:29,830 --> 00:23:27,360
like to test the helicopter and simulate

568
00:23:32,870 --> 00:23:29,840
that mars environment

569
00:23:34,789 --> 00:23:32,880
absolutely so it went just just because

570
00:23:37,110 --> 00:23:34,799
the helicopter is the first of its kind

571
00:23:39,669 --> 00:23:37,120
the testing also is very similar in that

572
00:23:42,070 --> 00:23:39,679
way we had to simulate a mars-like

573
00:23:44,470 --> 00:23:42,080
atmosphere by using very large thermal

574
00:23:46,870 --> 00:23:44,480
vacuum chambers to allow us to control

575
00:23:49,590 --> 00:23:46,880
the temperature and pressure so we can

576
00:23:52,070 --> 00:23:49,600
simulate a mars-like atmospheric density

577
00:23:53,830 --> 00:23:52,080
then we also created a gravity offload

578
00:23:55,750 --> 00:23:53,840
system that compensates for the

579
00:23:56,870 --> 00:23:55,760
difference in gravity between earth and

580
00:23:58,549 --> 00:23:56,880
mars

581
00:24:00,230 --> 00:23:58,559
in addition to that we validated a lot

582
00:24:02,470 --> 00:24:00,240
of our requirements with engineering

583
00:24:04,390 --> 00:24:02,480
models so these are developmental models

584
00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:04,400
that we made

585
00:24:07,110 --> 00:24:05,760
and

586
00:24:10,070 --> 00:24:07,120
they went through extensive

587
00:24:11,110 --> 00:24:10,080
environmental and aerodynamic testing

588
00:24:12,870 --> 00:24:11,120
and so

589
00:24:14,630 --> 00:24:12,880
they were the precursors to our flight

590
00:24:17,190 --> 00:24:14,640
vehicle which is of course currently on

591
00:24:22,470 --> 00:24:19,430
and as mimi mentioned before it had to

592
00:24:24,630 --> 00:24:22,480
be super light and super fast why is

593
00:24:26,950 --> 00:24:24,640
that

594
00:24:28,630 --> 00:24:26,960
flying on mars is very difficult you

595
00:24:30,149 --> 00:24:28,640
guys have heard it before it's less than

596
00:24:31,269 --> 00:24:30,159
one percent of earth's atmosphere and

597
00:24:33,029 --> 00:24:31,279
that means that we have to have

598
00:24:35,750 --> 00:24:33,039
something really lightweight

599
00:24:39,269 --> 00:24:35,760
for us to overcome that mass to generate

600
00:24:41,029 --> 00:24:39,279
enough lift and you know kudos and thank

601
00:24:43,830 --> 00:24:41,039
you very much to our friends over at air

602
00:24:47,029 --> 00:24:43,840
environment who designed and built this

603
00:24:49,190 --> 00:24:47,039
custom rotor system that is super

604
00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:49,200
lightweight each blade is less than two

605
00:24:54,070 --> 00:24:51,760
ounces made of composite material for

606
00:24:56,310 --> 00:24:54,080
that very reason and it spans the

607
00:24:59,190 --> 00:24:56,320
distance the wingspan of this helicopter

608
00:25:02,230 --> 00:24:59,200
is four feet tip to tip so that's about

609
00:25:03,909 --> 00:25:02,240
that's 1.2 meters that's super large for

610
00:25:06,390 --> 00:25:03,919
something that's essentially carrying

611
00:25:08,549 --> 00:25:06,400
the size of a tissue box

612
00:25:09,909 --> 00:25:08,559
just to give you a frame of reference

613
00:25:11,430 --> 00:25:09,919
and in addition to that generating

614
00:25:12,549 --> 00:25:11,440
enough lift

615
00:25:15,590 --> 00:25:12,559
involves

616
00:25:21,350 --> 00:25:15,600
having high rpms so we're

617
00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:24,789
2500

618
00:25:28,789 --> 00:25:27,029
rpm i just want everyone to sit with

619
00:25:32,390 --> 00:25:28,799
that for a minute because here on earth

620
00:25:35,110 --> 00:25:32,400
helicopters go 400 to 500 rpm so that is

621
00:25:37,190 --> 00:25:35,120
so much faster taryn

622
00:25:40,870 --> 00:25:37,200
it's incredibly fast incredibly fast

623
00:25:43,269 --> 00:25:40,880
every detail on this vehicle has

624
00:25:45,029 --> 00:25:43,279
is made and designed for it to be the

625
00:25:53,430 --> 00:25:45,039
most efficient

626
00:26:00,149 --> 00:25:55,110
we will continue to watch data products

627
00:26:04,149 --> 00:26:02,070
all right taryn well we just heard from

628
00:26:06,310 --> 00:26:04,159
michael that they are taking a look at

629
00:26:08,950 --> 00:26:06,320
the data just starting to flow into the

630
00:26:10,870 --> 00:26:08,960
deep space network antenna on earth what

631
00:26:13,110 --> 00:26:10,880
happens now that the rover has started

632
00:26:15,190 --> 00:26:13,120
sending that data

633
00:26:16,710 --> 00:26:15,200
yes so for those of you at home the deep

634
00:26:19,830 --> 00:26:16,720
space network is our giant

635
00:26:22,070 --> 00:26:19,840
communications network that downlink

636
00:26:25,510 --> 00:26:22,080
early indications data products look

637
00:26:29,510 --> 00:26:27,669
excellent we'll continue to wait for the

638
00:26:30,789 --> 00:26:29,520
full data set to arrive

639
00:26:32,310 --> 00:26:30,799
in the meantime i'll explain a little

640
00:26:34,149 --> 00:26:32,320
bit about the deep space network and

641
00:26:35,350 --> 00:26:34,159
that it's our main communications tool

642
00:26:39,510 --> 00:26:35,360
to

643
00:26:41,430 --> 00:26:39,520
helicopter from across our solar system

644
00:26:42,870 --> 00:26:41,440
so our downlink lead just announced that

645
00:26:44,390 --> 00:26:42,880
data products have just started to

646
00:26:45,830 --> 00:26:44,400
arrive and they look nominal which is a

647
00:26:48,549 --> 00:26:45,840
good indication

648
00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:48,559
um while we wait for the full data set

649
00:26:51,350 --> 00:26:50,320
to arrive

650
00:26:53,269 --> 00:26:51,360
um

651
00:26:54,630 --> 00:26:53,279
we'll we'll wait

652
00:26:57,029 --> 00:26:54,640
i guess that's what we'll do we'll wait

653
00:26:59,029 --> 00:26:57,039
in the meantime

654
00:27:01,669 --> 00:26:59,039
and we'll answer another social media

655
00:27:03,669 --> 00:27:01,679
question along those lines jose on

656
00:27:06,070 --> 00:27:03,679
youtube asks how long does it take for

657
00:27:09,110 --> 00:27:06,080
the video signal from the helicopter to

658
00:27:13,750 --> 00:27:11,430
sorry can you repeat the question yes

659
00:27:16,390 --> 00:27:13,760
how long does it take for the video

660
00:27:17,510 --> 00:27:16,400
signal from the helicopter to reach

661
00:27:20,470 --> 00:27:17,520
earth

662
00:27:23,510 --> 00:27:20,480
yeah so that goes into having that very

663
00:27:26,149 --> 00:27:23,520
long distance between earth and us

664
00:27:27,669 --> 00:27:26,159
so tim touched on this a little earlier

665
00:27:30,789 --> 00:27:27,679
and that's why we have this delay so the

666
00:27:31,909 --> 00:27:30,799
helicopter flew earlier and similarly

667
00:27:34,149 --> 00:27:31,919
whenever we

668
00:27:36,870 --> 00:27:34,159
send data it's the same process where

669
00:27:38,710 --> 00:27:36,880
there's going to be a delay of when it

670
00:27:41,909 --> 00:27:38,720
when we when we run the data and then

671
00:27:44,310 --> 00:27:41,919
when it hits earth so it's about

672
00:27:46,470 --> 00:27:44,320
um four hours

673
00:27:48,630 --> 00:27:46,480
from when something is executed to when

674
00:27:50,950 --> 00:27:48,640
we receive it for larger files though

675
00:27:53,190 --> 00:27:50,960
sometimes that can take longer so it all

676
00:27:56,789 --> 00:27:53,200
depends but today we'll be receiving uh

677
00:27:59,269 --> 00:27:56,799
images still images of the helicopter

678
00:28:00,789 --> 00:27:59,279
and i know we are eagerly anticipating

679
00:28:03,110 --> 00:28:00,799
those images and we talked a little bit

680
00:28:05,590 --> 00:28:03,120
about this before taryn we have been

681
00:28:07,110 --> 00:28:05,600
just floored by all the great images

682
00:28:09,590 --> 00:28:07,120
coming in from perseverance but

683
00:28:12,070 --> 00:28:09,600
ingenuity has cameras as well

684
00:28:14,950 --> 00:28:12,080
absolutely the helicopter is equipped

685
00:28:16,710 --> 00:28:14,960
with two cameras one is our onboard

686
00:28:18,310 --> 00:28:16,720
navigation camera and that's the image

687
00:28:19,909 --> 00:28:18,320
that we'll receive tonight

688
00:28:21,750 --> 00:28:19,919
and that's going to be a black and white

689
00:28:23,990 --> 00:28:21,760
image that's pointed straight down at

690
00:28:25,909 --> 00:28:24,000
the martian surface and will hopefully

691
00:28:27,990 --> 00:28:25,919
be showing us hovering above it

692
00:28:30,789 --> 00:28:28,000
our second camera is our return to earth

693
00:28:34,549 --> 00:28:30,799
camera and that's our higher resolution

694
00:28:37,269 --> 00:28:34,559
camera that is a color photo and shows

695
00:28:40,389 --> 00:28:37,279
more of the martian horizon uh snapshot

696
00:28:42,230 --> 00:28:40,399
the beauty shot if you will and then um

697
00:28:43,990 --> 00:28:42,240
and that that image will be

698
00:28:45,750 --> 00:28:44,000
utilized for future

699
00:28:47,430 --> 00:28:45,760
flight missions

700
00:28:49,350 --> 00:28:47,440
and we have another great social media

701
00:28:52,470 --> 00:28:49,360
question here from hing on facebook

702
00:28:54,510 --> 00:28:52,480
asking what is the biggest question this

703
00:28:58,310 --> 00:28:54,520
first flight will answer about

704
00:29:00,149 --> 00:28:58,320
aerodynamics on mars

705
00:29:01,669 --> 00:29:00,159
the biggest question that we had to

706
00:29:04,389 --> 00:29:01,679
answer

707
00:29:06,789 --> 00:29:04,399
when embarking on this was can we lift

708
00:29:09,430 --> 00:29:06,799
can we generate enough lift and fly in a

709
00:29:13,830 --> 00:29:09,440
martian atmosphere and i think this

710
00:29:15,990 --> 00:29:13,840
first flight will indicate that for sure

711
00:29:18,950 --> 00:29:16,000
and we'll answer that question

712
00:29:21,750 --> 00:29:18,960
and um whatever we receive back

713
00:29:24,389 --> 00:29:21,760
will definitely give us more information

714
00:29:25,909 --> 00:29:24,399
moving forward uh regardless of this

715
00:29:26,630 --> 00:29:25,919
first flight

716
00:29:30,710 --> 00:29:26,640
or

717
00:29:36,950 --> 00:29:33,750
and we've got another question on social

718
00:29:39,029 --> 00:29:36,960
waki on twitter asks happy flight day

719
00:29:40,549 --> 00:29:39,039
why are the blades shaped the way they

720
00:29:42,549 --> 00:29:40,559
are

721
00:29:45,669 --> 00:29:42,559
that's a really great question

722
00:29:47,350 --> 00:29:45,679
so for in order to generate enough lift

723
00:29:49,669 --> 00:29:47,360
each blade i mentioned that these were a

724
00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:49,679
custom design and what we call them are

725
00:29:55,110 --> 00:29:52,880
airfoils and they're developed in a way

726
00:29:55,909 --> 00:29:55,120
so that it generates enough lift for us

727
00:29:59,990 --> 00:29:55,919
to

728
00:30:02,389 --> 00:30:00,000
fly and have enough thrust underneath of

729
00:30:04,950 --> 00:30:02,399
our helicopter vehicle so

730
00:30:06,710 --> 00:30:04,960
they have that funky shape because of

731
00:30:08,870 --> 00:30:06,720
the aerodynamic

732
00:30:11,269 --> 00:30:08,880
elements that help it generate enough

733
00:30:15,110 --> 00:30:13,110
and once again reminding everybody that

734
00:30:17,590 --> 00:30:15,120
you guys are controlling this from over

735
00:30:19,669 --> 00:30:17,600
a hundred million miles away here on

736
00:30:20,830 --> 00:30:19,679
earth i always try to wrap my head

737
00:30:22,389 --> 00:30:20,840
around

738
00:30:25,750 --> 00:30:22,399
that

739
00:30:28,070 --> 00:30:25,760
absolutely it is so far away and it's

740
00:30:29,909 --> 00:30:28,080
it's miraculous to even think that this

741
00:30:32,389 --> 00:30:29,919
is something that's technically already

742
00:30:34,870 --> 00:30:32,399
been executed earlier today we're just

743
00:30:37,029 --> 00:30:34,880
kind of standing by and waiting for that

744
00:30:41,350 --> 00:30:37,039
data to arrive to indicate you know

745
00:30:44,710 --> 00:30:42,870
well we are going to have minimal

746
00:30:46,789 --> 00:30:44,720
commentary during this time as we're

747
00:30:48,630 --> 00:30:46,799
going to let you enjoy this experience

748
00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:48,640
with the team as they go through all the

749
00:31:04,630 --> 00:30:51,360
data to see how ingenuity did so let's

750
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:36,149
okay

751
00:31:36,159 --> 00:32:12,870
um

752
00:32:17,190 --> 00:32:15,110
this is downlink data products appeared

753
00:32:29,029 --> 00:32:17,200
to be in we will begin processing

754
00:33:07,990 --> 00:32:30,870
this is downlink we are beginning to

755
00:33:51,750 --> 00:33:10,310
this is downlink we've pulled in data

756
00:33:55,350 --> 00:33:53,350
this is downlink

757
00:33:57,590 --> 00:33:55,360
confirming we received mars 2020

758
00:33:59,990 --> 00:33:57,600
telemetry confirming that we received

759
00:34:05,029 --> 00:34:00,000
mars 2020 events confirming that we

760
00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:07,190
confirming that we have data products

761
00:34:23,030 --> 00:34:09,599
confirming that we unpacked image and

762
00:34:23,040 --> 00:35:18,470
oh

763
00:35:27,030 --> 00:35:20,550
this is downlink we have successfully

764
00:35:31,990 --> 00:35:29,670
confirming that we have helicopter

765
00:35:35,109 --> 00:35:32,000
data products helicopter telemetry

766
00:35:38,390 --> 00:35:35,119
helicopter events

767
00:36:01,510 --> 00:35:38,400
confirming helicopter file listing

768
00:36:15,349 --> 00:36:04,790
this is downlink confirming battery

769
00:36:20,550 --> 00:36:17,670
rotor motors appear healthy

770
00:36:26,710 --> 00:36:20,560
swashblade servos appear healthy overall

771
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:32,630
confirming thermal report generation

772
00:36:32,640 --> 00:37:09,589
confirming analog report generation

773
00:37:09,599 --> 00:37:38,069
confirming telecom report generation

774
00:37:50,950 --> 00:37:39,910
this is downlink handing off to flight

775
00:37:55,670 --> 00:37:52,710
this is flight control confirming that

776
00:37:58,230 --> 00:37:55,680
we have evrs from ingenuity

777
00:37:59,670 --> 00:37:58,240
internet is reporting having performed

778
00:38:01,109 --> 00:37:59,680
spin up

779
00:38:02,870 --> 00:38:01,119
take off

780
00:38:05,910 --> 00:38:02,880
slide

781
00:38:07,190 --> 00:38:05,920
hover descent

782
00:38:08,630 --> 00:38:07,200
landing

783
00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:08,640
touchdown

784
00:38:19,910 --> 00:38:11,930
and spin down

785
00:38:23,510 --> 00:38:21,030
and our

786
00:38:25,190 --> 00:38:23,520
altimeter data

787
00:38:27,430 --> 00:38:25,200
confirms

788
00:38:28,790 --> 00:38:27,440
that ingenuity has performed this first

789
00:38:31,030 --> 00:38:28,800
like

790
00:38:33,710 --> 00:38:31,040
the first flight of a powered aircraft

791
00:38:47,510 --> 00:38:33,720
in another planet

792
00:38:47,520 --> 00:39:13,220
oh

793
00:39:13,230 --> 00:39:26,470
[Applause]

794
00:39:26,480 --> 00:40:07,670
foreign

795
00:40:12,230 --> 00:40:10,470
go ahead and repeat that so the image

796
00:40:14,550 --> 00:40:12,240
we're looking at on the screen is the

797
00:40:16,470 --> 00:40:14,560
image from our onboard navigation camera

798
00:40:19,910 --> 00:40:16,480
showing us hovering above the surface of

799
00:40:22,069 --> 00:40:19,920
mars how incredible

800
00:40:23,750 --> 00:40:22,079
and that's its shadow right taryn yes

801
00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:23,760
that's a shadow so the onboard

802
00:40:29,270 --> 00:40:25,520
navigation camera points straight down

803
00:40:33,190 --> 00:40:30,950
i can just hear mimi in the background

804
00:40:35,990 --> 00:40:33,200
this is real this is real it's so

805
00:40:40,309 --> 00:40:38,550
yeah everyone's really really feeling it

806
00:40:42,470 --> 00:40:40,319
now so

807
00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:42,480
we're uh we're gonna wait for the

808
00:40:50,110 --> 00:40:57,390
[Applause]

809
00:41:12,230 --> 00:40:59,950
oh my god

810
00:41:12,240 --> 00:41:31,589
is

811
00:41:34,870 --> 00:41:33,030
explain what we just saw with the

812
00:41:36,069 --> 00:41:34,880
perseverance image

813
00:41:38,309 --> 00:41:36,079
so the person

814
00:41:40,950 --> 00:41:38,319
perseverance image is showing us um

815
00:41:42,870 --> 00:41:40,960
grounded at first it's actually a video

816
00:41:45,750 --> 00:41:42,880
which is great it's grounded at first

817
00:41:47,829 --> 00:41:45,760
and then shows us hovering our three

818
00:41:50,390 --> 00:41:47,839
meters above the martian surface and

819
00:41:51,990 --> 00:41:50,400
then touching back down it's amazing

820
00:41:54,390 --> 00:41:52,000
brilliant

821
00:41:58,430 --> 00:41:54,400
everyone is super excited

822
00:42:06,630 --> 00:41:58,440
so i would say it's a success

823
00:42:07,750 --> 00:42:06,640
[Applause]

824
00:42:14,230 --> 00:42:07,760
well

825
00:42:19,910 --> 00:42:16,470
but i'm lucky for you i have a much

826
00:42:22,550 --> 00:42:19,920
shorter speed for success

827
00:42:32,950 --> 00:42:22,560
we can now say that human beings have

828
00:42:38,710 --> 00:42:35,829
so we've been talking so long about our

829
00:42:41,270 --> 00:42:38,720
wright brothers moment on mars

830
00:42:44,150 --> 00:42:41,280
and here it is

831
00:42:46,790 --> 00:42:44,160
and this project has had many friends

832
00:42:49,510 --> 00:42:46,800
who contributed to tonight's success

833
00:42:52,390 --> 00:42:49,520
i see many in the room

834
00:42:54,870 --> 00:42:52,400
the team in the room the team on webex

835
00:42:56,950 --> 00:42:54,880
team members who couldn't join us

836
00:42:58,630 --> 00:42:56,960
and a few of our friends who are in

837
00:43:00,710 --> 00:42:58,640
longer with us they're still in our

838
00:43:01,589 --> 00:43:00,720
minds today

839
00:43:03,589 --> 00:43:01,599
and

840
00:43:05,190 --> 00:43:03,599
perseverance rover

841
00:43:14,790 --> 00:43:05,200
the best host

842
00:43:17,910 --> 00:43:15,750
you know

843
00:43:20,790 --> 00:43:17,920
history doesn't we don't know from

844
00:43:22,790 --> 00:43:20,800
history what orville and wilbur did

845
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after their first successful flight the

846
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right brothers but i imagine the two

847
00:43:29,270 --> 00:43:26,720
brothers help each other

848
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well you know i'm hugging you personally

849
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and you guys haven't been with me for

850
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four or five to six years

851
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:35,440
if it weren't for covert 19 you guys

852
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don't have a chance of

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[Music]

854
00:43:46,550 --> 00:43:43,520
all me can do i'm giving you the hooks

855
00:43:48,230 --> 00:43:46,560
we together uh flew at mars

856
00:43:50,870 --> 00:43:48,240
and we together now we have our right

857
00:43:53,349 --> 00:43:50,880
brother's moment so

858
00:43:55,109 --> 00:43:53,359
you know history does tell us that soon

859
00:43:56,950 --> 00:43:55,119
after that first flight

860
00:43:59,030 --> 00:43:56,960
wilbur and orville did go right back to

861
00:44:01,030 --> 00:43:59,040
work they flew

862
00:44:04,950 --> 00:44:01,040
three more flights that day

863
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higher and further than the first ones

864
00:44:09,270 --> 00:44:07,599
so we know you know like the wright

865
00:44:11,109 --> 00:44:09,280
brothers that kidnapped we know that our

866
00:44:14,150 --> 00:44:11,119
time can make a difference

867
00:44:17,190 --> 00:44:14,160
at jezreel crater mars is not yet over

868
00:44:19,430 --> 00:44:17,200
this is just a first great flight

869
00:44:21,270 --> 00:44:19,440
so let's enjoy this moment

870
00:44:23,030 --> 00:44:21,280
but we must enjoy this moment because

871
00:44:24,950 --> 00:44:23,040
over the years and there are a few of

872
00:44:27,430 --> 00:44:24,960
you especially but there's some that

873
00:44:29,750 --> 00:44:27,440
have never let me celebrate fully

874
00:44:31,270 --> 00:44:29,760
every time we have one of these major

875
00:44:34,870 --> 00:44:31,280
milestones

876
00:44:39,510 --> 00:44:37,270
so we must take a moment to celebrate

877
00:44:41,109 --> 00:44:39,520
this moment really important

878
00:44:42,710 --> 00:44:41,119
congratulations everybody

879
00:44:44,790 --> 00:44:42,720
congratulations

880
00:44:46,870 --> 00:44:44,800
take that moment and then after that

881
00:44:49,070 --> 00:44:46,880
let's get back to work and more vlogs

882
00:44:59,670 --> 00:44:49,080
congratulations

883
00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:23,150
all right

884
00:45:28,870 --> 00:45:25,349
congratulations to the ingenuity

885
00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:28,880
helicopter team on making history this

886
00:45:34,630 --> 00:45:31,280
morning to get the latest updates on

887
00:45:37,349 --> 00:45:34,640
ingenuity follow on at nasa jpl on

888
00:45:40,069 --> 00:45:37,359
facebook and twitter i'd like to thank

889
00:45:42,470 --> 00:45:40,079
everyone for joining us at this early

890
00:45:45,109 --> 00:45:42,480
morning hour the journey on this month

891
00:45:47,430 --> 00:45:45,119
of ingenuity continues join us for a

892
00:45:49,990 --> 00:45:47,440
news briefing later this morning at 11

893
00:45:52,870 --> 00:45:50,000
a.m pacific standard time for a deeper

894
00:45:55,430 --> 00:45:52,880
analysis of ingenuity's first flight and

895
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what this means for nasa i'm marina