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Jul 30, 2020 · On April 19, 2021, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history when it completed the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet. It flew for the last time on January 18, 2024.
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 April 19, 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 ...
Apr 19, 2024 · NASA's history-making Ingenuity helicopter covered a lot of ground on Mars over the past three years, as a new video shows.
Apr 19, 2021 · NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight. Apr 19, 2021. RELEASE 21-039. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured this shot as it hovered over the Martian surface on April 19, 2021, during the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet.
Apr 5, 2021 · NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter will make history’s first attempt at powered flight on another planet next spring. It is riding with the agency’s next mission to Mars (the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover) as it launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station later this summer.
Apr 16, 2024 · Mars Helicopter Updates. Overview: NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has completed 72 flights since first taking to the skies above the Red Planet, ending its mission on Jan. 25, 2024. Look at the archived mission updates written by the Mars Helicopter team.
Apr 13, 2023 · NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter made history when it achieved the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021. A little less than two years later, on April 13, 2023, it completed its 50th flight. Here are some highlights from the rotorcraft’s journeys on the Red Planet.
