Engineers test rotor landing for capsules Date: October 4, 2012 Source: NASA Summary: A team of researchers brought a pair of scale model space capsules to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's ...

The engineers at JPL have been experimenting with a new rotor design that can spin at nearly the speed of sound, which is tested in a simulator space that can recreate Mars-like conditions of ...

According to the company in reference to its pancake-style, planetary gear train motors, for a given size motor, the larger the size of the rotor, the greater the torque capability ...

This image, which shows the shadow of a damaged rotor on NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity, was taken after its 72nd and final flight on Jan. 18, 2024 on the Red Planet.