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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
Ingenuity helicopter at Wright Brothers Field on Mars before first flight. 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]
NASA’s little Mars helicopter has flown its last flight. The space agency announced Thursday that the 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) chopper named Ingenuity can no longer fly because of rotor blade damage.
The Mars Ingenuity helicopter has reestablished contact with NASA after a 63-day silence that began shortly before its 52nd flight ended in April.
NASA says it will set a new flight date next week. Ingenuity engineers are working on a minor software tweak to help the drone spin its rotor blades.
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.
If everything goes well and Ingenuity becomes the first human-made object to fly on another planet, the helicopter is expected to fly up to four more times over 30 sols (Mars days).