NASA's Mars Ingenuity helicopter captures video of record-breaking flight - Interesting Engineering

5/28/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by Loukia Papadopoulos
by Loukia Papadopoulos
On Monday, April 19, 2021, NASA made history with Ingenuity by conducting the first controlled flight of an aircraft on Mars. All in all, it was the Red Planet rotorcraft’s longest and fastest flight to date.
On Monday, April 19, 2021, NASA made history with Ingenuity by conducting the first controlled flight of an aircraft on Mars. Thanks to onboard data and images sent via powerful X-band transmissions,… [+2527 chars]
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