The Ingenuity helicopter, part of the Mars Perseverance Rover mission, arrived to the red planet on February 18, 2021 and completed its first flight on April 19 of that year.
As of November 6, 2021 the Mars Helicopter completed 15 flights totaling 27 minutes over 3.6 km ( 2.04 m )
On April 28, 2023, Ingenuity successfully completed its 51st flight over Mars.
08-Aug-23 - NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter fies again after unscheduled landing. The 25-second up-and-down hop provided data that could help determine why its 53rd flight ended early. #Mars
19-Apr-21 - NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, part of the Perseverance Rover mission, became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet #Mars
24-Jan-21 - NASA’s Perseverance rover is scheduled to land on Mars on February 18. It carries the robot helicopter Ingenuity, which will attempt the first powered, controlled flight on the Red Planet #MarsHelicopter
01-Aug-20 - Lockheed Martin was tasked by NASA JPL to build the Mars helicopter delivery system (MHDS) that will deploy the Ingenuity helicopter to the Martian surface for its flight #Mars
23-Jul-20 - The first helicopter attempting to fly on another planet is a marvel of engineering. Part of Perseverance rover mission scheduled to launch July 30 and to land on the red planet on February 18. Get up to speed with these key facts about its plans #facts
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