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Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is an autonomous NASA helicopter that operated on Mars from 2021 to 2024 as part of the Mars 2020 mission. Ingenuity made its first flight on 19 April 2021, demonstrating that flight is possible in the extremely thin atmosphere of Mars, and becoming the first aircraft to conduct a powered and controlled extra-terrestrial flight.
Ingenuity was designed to fly five times in 30 Mars sols (31 Earth days), but operated far above expectations, making its 72nd and final flight on January 18, 2024 , 977 Mars sols (1,004 Earth days) after its first flight. Its rotor blades were damaged on the last flight's landing, causing NASA to retire the craft.
Subkhon Rakhimov, one of the travelers, thought only of his beloved wife as the plane descended, taking the opportunity to record a heartbreaking message to her. “I love you. I’m sorry for ...
The Delta Front Campaign was the second science campaign of the Mars 2020 mission. The campaign began with Ingenuity continuing to travel alongside the rover as part of its operations demonstration campaign, and Perseverance leaving the rapid traverse mode it had entered at the end of the last mission to rapidly reach the delta. [13]
Meghan Markle is cheering on her husband Prince Harry from home! As the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler 2025 came to an end on Sunday, Feb. 16, at the closing ceremony, the Duchess of Sussex ...
The Coast Guard also revealed one of the last messages the Titan sent to its support ship before losing contact: “All good here.” Cost issues may have compromised safety, ex-employees claim
The launch of Mars 2020 was the third of three space missions sent toward Mars during the July 2020 Mars launch window, with missions also launched by the national space agencies of the United Arab Emirates (the Emirates Mars Mission with the orbiter Hope on July 19, 2020) and China (the Tianwen-1 mission on July 23, 2020, with an orbiter ...
The U.S. Coast Guard began its first public hearings to look into what caused the Titan submersible to implode. The final message from the crew was revealed during the the hearing.