# NASA's new Mars helicopter rotor blade roamx-0201 could extend single-flight distance to 18.7 km

- Source: NASA
- Published: 2026-10-20T16:02:35.000Z
- RoboHot: https://robohot.news/en/items/dbuvj8jcqbv2r7f6u1405tmo8
- Original: https://www.nasa.gov/science-research/aeronautics-research/nasa-experimental-mars-helicopter-blade-designs-target-longer-flights/

## Summary

NASA researchers, working with Imperial College London and Nagoya University, have designed a new Mars helicopter rotor blade airfoil called roamx-0201. Through high-fidelity simulations and wind tunnel tests, it could increase the maximum single uninterrupted flight distance from Ingenuity's 0.7 km to up to 18.7 km while carrying scientific instruments.