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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.
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
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.
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]
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.
U.S. Coast Guard hearings began on the implosion of OceanGate's Titan submersible. The vehicle imploded two miles below sea level on June 18, 2023.
The Ingenuity helicopter, powered by solar-charged batteries, was sent to Mars in the same bundle with Perseverance. With a mass of 1.8 kg (4.0 lb), the helicopter demonstrated the reality of flight in the rarefied Martian atmosphere and the potential usefulness of aerial scouting for rover missions.
The last message that the Titan sent to the Polar Prince was "dropped 2 wts," per the animation. This referred to the weights that the Titan could shed in order to return to the surface, according ...