Linux On Mars February 20, 2021 Technology What an excellent time to be alive. NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover just landed on Mars. It’s exciting, I’ve started following official Perseverance’s Twitter account, and I’ve learned so much. I suggest you do the same using RSS via a Nitter instance. I’m a fan of space and space exploration, so in the following months, you might read more about it from me. More people should start thinking about space exploration since it can give you a better understanding of life. It can affect your well-being and help you cope with daily struggles. NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sends Sneak Peek of Mars Landing.1 Inside NASA’s rover, there’s a small helicopter called Ingenuity that runs Linux operating system. The code that powers Ingenuity is open-sourced so that you can use it on your helicopter project. Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight - Concept 2 If you want, you can read more about Mars’s first helicopter here. From the article: After Perseverance deploys Ingenuity to the surface, the helicopter will then have a 30-Martian-day (31-Earth-day) experimental flight test window. If Ingenuity survives its first bone-chilling Martian nights – where temperatures dip as low as minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 90 degrees Celsius) – the team will proceed with the first flight of an aircraft on another world. In my opinion, Ingenuity could have its first flight soon. Exciting times, with such incredible technological advancements, I get more excited about technology and space. When you think about all this for a while, it can be incredibly inspiring. Recommended reading: Perseverance’s Pictures From Mars Show NASA Rover’s New Home NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sends Sneak Peek of Mars Landing ↩︎ Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight (Artist’s Concept) ↩︎ Tags: Space Mars MarsRover Perseverance Ingenuity Linux