Ingenuity
AgencyNASA
Year2021
TypeMars helicopter
RocketCarried by Perseverance
CountryUSA
About the Mission
A technology demonstrator that was supposed to fly 5 times. Ended up completing 72 flights over 3 years. Proved powered flight is possible in the thin Martian atmosphere. Flew over 17 km total distance. The Wright Brothers moment on another planet.
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