NASA Engineers Smash Supersonic Rotor Speed Barrier

NASA’s JPL engineers developed rotor blades that survive supersonic speeds, revolutionizing Mars helicopter missions and future rotorcraft design.

Key takeaways

• NASA Engineers Crack Supersonic Rotor Barrier
• NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has achieved what decades of aerospace engineering said was impossible: rotor blades that survive unscathed at supersonic speeds. The ...
• The breakthrough comes just over three years after the Mars helicopter Ingenuity ended its run. Ingenuity flew 72 times—far past NASA’s original five-flight plan—befor...
• What We Know: Supersonic Rotor Blade Testing at JPL

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