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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.
NASA says its history-making Mars helicopter Ingenuity has flown for the last time: The space agency says its rotor blades were damaged as the craft was landing, and it won't fly again.
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 ...
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 ...
The Mars Ingenuity helicopter has reestablished contact with NASA after a 63-day silence that began shortly before its 52nd flight ended in April.
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]
On Mars, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter concluded operations in January after completing 72 flights when its rotor blades sustained critical damage. The year also featured notable lunar missions. CNSA 's Chang'e 6 successfully completed the first-ever sample return mission from far side of the Moon .
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter, which flew on Mars in April 2021, became the first aircraft to achieve powered, controlled flight on a planet other than Earth.