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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 expected to fly just five times over 30 days. In the end, it logged 72 flights over the course of three Earth years. 'Little helicopter that could' takes last flight on Mars
The NASA helicopter Ingenuity on Mars made the first powered controlled flights by an aircraft on a planet other than Earth. [1] [2] It first flew on April 19, 2021, after landing on February 18 attached to the underside of the Perseverance rover. [3] Ingenuity weighs 1.8 kilograms (4.0 lb) and is
Nasa’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity will never fly again, the space agency gas said.. The pioneering robot vehicle was the first ever to achieve powered and controlled flight on another world. It ...
After making history and completing two additional flights, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter could soon attempt even more ambitious forays into the skies of the Red Planet.
NASA said on Thursday its Mars robot helicopter Ingenuity, the first vehicle to achieve powered, controlled flight on another world, has been grounded for good after flying dozens of times over ...
NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity flew its 72nd and last flight on 18 January. Because all four of its rotor blades were damaged, NASA subsequently announced the end of mission for Ingenuity on 25 January. [6] [7] On 7 October, the ESA Hera spacecraft was launched successfully.
The Ingenuity Mars helicopter, ... flight 71. During flight 72, Ingenuity rose about 40 feet (12 meters) in the air, hovered for 4.5 seconds and began to descend at 3.3 feet per second (1 meter ...