NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Are Moving Fast
Credit: Rafael Alanis
Description Engineer Jaakko Karras inspects a next-generation Mars helicopter rotor blade prior to supersonic speed testing in the 25-Foot Space Simulator at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in November 2025. The three-bladed rotor hanging horizontally in the foreground is the next-gen rotor being tested. The vertically aligned two-bladed rotor provided a “headwind,” enabling […] The post NASA’s Next-Gen Mars Helicopter Rotors Are Moving Fast appeared first on NASA Science .
