Abstract: Humans have reached a limit to how much information can be collected from a purely ground-based rover exploration mission on Mars. Therefore, an airborne mission would broaden our knowledge of this planet and at the same time it would allow for a different approach to scientific research. Thus, the Mars Helicopter Scout (MHS) Project was founded. However, as this is only a technology demonstrator, its first and short-term goal is to fly in the vicinity of the Mars Rover and assess where the r…