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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 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-terrestrial 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] Ingenuity weighs 1.8 kilograms (4.0 lb) and is 49 cm (19 in) tall.
NASA's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, made history with its first Martian flight Monday. Its travel buddy, Perseverance the rover, caught the flight on video. The video shows Ingenuity hovering in ...
NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hovers over the Martian surface – the first instance of powered, controlled flight on another planet – as viewed by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard the Perseverance Mars rover on April 19, 2021. The helicopter climbed to an altitude of 10 feet (3 meters), hovering for 30 seconds. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS.
The small helicopter successfully took flight on the red planet on Monday. Skip to main content. News. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726. Login / Join. Mail. Downloads; Premium Subscriptions ...
The Mars Ingenuity helicopter has reestablished contact with NASA after a 63-day silence that began shortly before its 52nd flight ended in April.
Bob Balaram. J. “ Bob” Balaram. Born. (1959-06-28) June 28, 1959 (age 65) Education. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (MS, Ph.D.) Known for. Chief Engineer for Ingenuity helicopter, which made the first extraterrestrial powered, controlled flight on April 19, 2021.
Ingenuity has surprised NASA scientists with its first four flights. Now, as it begins a new mission, they can hear it for the first time.