Ingenuity (helicopter)
decommissioned NASA rotorcraft on the Mars 2020 mission
Ingenuity was a small robotic solar helicopter on Mars as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. On 19 April 2021, it successfully completed the first powered controlled flight by an aircraft on a planet besides Earth, taking off vertically, hovering and landing.[1][2]
In January 2024, Ingenuity had retired after it got damaged. It made 72 flights.
References
change- ↑ Palca, Joe (19 April 2021). "Success! NASA's Ingenuity Makes First Powered Flight On Mars". National Public Radio. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Hotz, Robert Lee (2021-04-19). "NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Successfully Makes Historic First Flight". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
