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Forum: Satellites - Robotic Probes
Topic: [Discuss] NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 02-07-2022 10:10 PM The Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Team has won the 2022 [URL=https://airandspace.si.edu/michael-collins-trophy]Michael Collins Trophy[/URL] for Current Achievement as presented by the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum. <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]In April 2021, under the direction of project manager MiMi Aung and the Mars Ingenuity Helicopter Team, a small robotic helicopter achieved the first powered flight on another planet. Delivered to the surface of Mars by the rover Perseverance, Ingenuity was a technology demonstration aboard the Mars 2020 mission and successfully proved that flight was possible on the Red Planet. It is also now serving as a helpful tool to aid rover exploration of Mars. Ingenuity completed increasingly challenging flights and scouted areas for the Perseverance rover's upcoming treks. Total flight time for the Mars helicopter in 2021 topped 30 minutes over the course of 18 flights. Ingenuity's "Wright brothers moment" captured the attention of the public back on planet Earth and inspired everyone to imagine what could be next in planetary exploration.[/i]</BLOCKQUOTE>
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