Compared to some of the other flights this past year, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s Flight 34 might not stand out. Wednesday’s successful 18-second flight was even shorter than Ingenuity’s first flight; the Mars helicopter simply popped up to a little over 16 feet (5 meters), hovered, then landed. Des
This illustration depicts Mars Helicopter Ingenuity during a test flight on Mars. Ingenuity was taken to the Red Planet strapped to the belly of the Perseverance rover . Ingenuity, a technology experiment, was the first aircraft to attempt controlled flight on another planet. Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechHelicopter’s Flight 34 might not stand out. Wednesday’s successful 18-second flight was even shorter than; the Mars helicopter simply popped up to a little over 16 feet , hovered, then landed.
Developed as a technology demonstration, Ingenuity was designed to operate on Mars in flat, smooth terrain like that at Wright Brothers Field. As Ingenuity moved on toalongside the Perseverance rover, we traveled through more challenging terrain than the team had ever anticipated.
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