said MiMi Aung, Ingenuity Mars helicopter project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.NASA was supposed to make the first flight attempt on April 11, but it was delayed after the machine signaled an issue in its data during a high-speed spin test.A "watchdog" timer, which oversees the test and alerts NASA of any issues, ended an April 9 test early as the flight computer tried transitioning from pre-flight to flight mode.RELATED: NASA delays first flight attempt for Mars helicopter Ingenuity AdvertisementAung said NASA has been testing two solutions to the "watchdog" timer issue over the last week.
The first one involves adjusting the command sequence from Earth to slightly alter the timing of this transition. The second one is to.