Ingenuity (helicopter)

Ingenuity is a small robotic solar helicopter operating 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

Prototype Mars helicopter, which first flew in a pressure chamber simulating the Martian atmosphere on May 31, 2016
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]
Diagram showing the different components of the Mars Helicopter Ingenuity
Ingenuity upper swashplate assemblyA – Rotor blade; B – Pitch link; C – Servo; D – Swashplate
Structural design of internal hardware of Ingenuity
The monopole antenna of the base station is mounted on a bracket in the right rear part of the rover.
Ingenuity's two cameras, as seen from under the aircraft
Combination of two images, one each from Ingenuity's Navigation Camera and color camera (RTE), taken while Ingenuity was on the ground
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. ISSN 0099-9660 . https://www.wsj.com/articles/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-successfully-makes-historic-first-flight-on-mars-11618830461. Retrieved 2021-04-19.

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[:0-1] 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.

[2] Hotz, Robert Lee (2021-04-19). "NASA's Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Successfully Makes Historic First Flight" (in en-US). Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660 . https://www.wsj.com/articles/nasas-ingenuity-helicopter-successfully-makes-historic-first-flight-on-mars-11618830461. Retrieved 2021-04-19.

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