Ingenuity (helicopter)

Ingenuity on Martian Surface

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

1. Palca, Joe (19 April 2021). "Success! NASA's Ingenuity Makes First Powered Flight On Mars". National Public Radio. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
2. 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.