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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.
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.
The mission team overcame numerous challenges to keep Ingenuity flying long past its expected life span. On Earth, helicopters can’t fly above about 25,000 feet, Leshin said.
Robert J. Collier Trophy (Jun 2022): Bestowed by The National Aeronautic Association on the team behind NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, recognizing their pioneering achievements. Howard Hughes Award (May 2022): Recognizes exceptional advancements in vertical flight technology, awarded to the Ingenuity team for their successful flights on Mars.
On April 19, 2021, Ingenuity made the first powered, controlled flight by an aircraft on another planet. [30] The team at JPL confirmed the flight succeeded after receiving data from the helicopter via the rover at 6:46 a.m. EDT (3:46 a.m. PDT). [31] The helicopter completed its technology demonstration after three successful flights.
Fields. Computer engineering, space science. Institutions. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Timothy Canham is an American software engineer. He works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), where he is the operations lead and former software lead for the Mars helicopter Ingenuity. [3] He resides in Santa Clarita, California.
Håvard Fjær Grip is a Norwegian cybernetics engineer and robotics technologist. He was the chief pilot of NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, and led the development of its aerodynamics and flight control system. Grip successfully flew Ingenuity's first flight on Mars on April 19, 2021, which made history as the ...