In a recent development by NASA, it has made some changes related to the Mars 2020 mission. The mission headed for Mars is not only remarkable, but also historic. Every week, the Perseverance rover has some major development for space enthusiasts. NASA, while making the 22nd entry in the logbook of ingenuity, extended the dates of the same. Read what the moved data looks like.
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Ingenuity Will Keep Flying (At Least) Until September pic.twitter.com/1x2EEuQtOQ
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NASA has extended the flight operations of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter until September. In the coming months, the first aircraft in history to operate from the surface of another world will support the Perseverance rover’s upcoming science campaign to explore the ancient river delta of Jezero Crater. The announcement comes on the heels of the helicopter’s 21st successful flight, the first of at least three needed for the helicopter to traverse the northwestern part of a region known as “Séítah” and reach its next staging area.
About the Ingenuity helicopter
Nicknamed Ginny, Ingenuity is a small robotic helicopter operating on Mars as part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission along with the Perseverance rover, which landed on February 18, 2021. Two months later, on April 19, Ingenuity completed the first powered controlled alien flight by an aircraft by taking off, hovering and landing vertically, for a flight duration of 39.1 seconds. Ingenuity was designed and built by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), with contributions from NASA’s Ames Research Center and Langley Research Center; AeroVironment, Inc. SolAero; and Lockheed Martin Space. Ingenuity traveled to Mars, attached to the bottom of Perseverance, in the 28-mile (45 km) wide Jezero Crater.