"NASA's Dual World Experiment: Pioneering Mars Helicopter Designs"

NASA has been conducting tests for future Mars helicopter designs on both Earth and Mars. On Earth, a new rotor that could be used with next-generation Mars helicopters was tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, while the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter achieved new altitude and airspeed records on Mars. The next-generation rotor blades being tested on Earth are longer and stronger than Ingenuity's blades, and they reached near-supersonic speeds. The data collected from these tests will be used to improve future Mars helicopter designs.