Ingenuity (helicopter)
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.
Ingenuity (helicopter) Media
The Mars Helicopter team gathers for a group photo at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California on Dec. 3, 2018. Holding a full-size model of the helicopter, named Ingenuity, is MiMi Aung, the project manager at JPL.*Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Mars Helicopter GroupKneeling Row: Joe Zitkus, Christopher Lefler, Justin Maki, Justin Jenkins, Ryan
Comparison of total distance traveled by Ingenuity and Perseverance[a]
Ingenuity upper swashplate assemblyA – Rotor blade; B – Pitch link; C – Servo; D – Swashplate
The monopole antenna of the base station is mounted on a bracket in the right rear part of the rover.
Ingenuity's Hazard Avoidance Capability tested on Earth by post-processing flight 9 images
Ingenuity on Mars, flight 54, 3 August 2023
Ingenuity, heard by Perseverance, flight 4
References
- ↑ Palca, Joe (19 April 2021). "Success! NASA's Ingenuity Makes First Powered Flight On Mars". National Public Radio. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/19/985588253/success-nasas-ingenuity-makes-first-powered-flight-on-mars. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
- ↑ Hotz, Robert Lee (2021-04-19). "NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Successfully Makes Historic First Flight" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. . https://www.wsj.com/articles/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-successfully-makes-historic-first-flight-on-mars-11618830461. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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