NASA’s innovative Mars helicopter will continue to fly until at least September.
The small helicopter traveled to Mars aboard the Perseverance Rover in the summer of 2020 and landed in the crater of the planet Jezero in February of the following year.
A few months later, Ingenuity made history as the first aircraft to complete an energetic and controlled flight to another planet on April 19 last year.
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Since then, Ingenuity has made 21 successful flights to the red planet with NASA announcing that flights will continue into next fall, shortly after the last.
The successful 21st flight for Ingenuity was the first of three flights it would take the helicopter to reach its next launch station in the northwestern region of the planet. “Medium” area according to NASA.
In the coming months, this compact aircraft will aid the ardent explorer in the forthcoming exploration of the Jezero River Delta. Once Intelligence meets persistence, NASA says, its first task will be to figure out which of the two dry river channels the plane must traverse on its way to the top of the delta.
Along the way, Ingenuity will also continue to test its own ability to “support the design” of future Mars craft, according to permission from NASA.
“For less than a year we didn’t even know if it would be possible to fly a powered, controlled craft to Mars,” said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate. in the current situation.
“Now, we look forward to Ingenuity’s participation in the second science expedition to survive. Such a shift in thinking in such a short period of time is astounding, and one of the most historic in the history of air and space exploration.”
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