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NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

January 30, 2024

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regained contact with its Mars helicopter Ingenuity on January 21.

About Ingenuity: A Mars Helicopter 

  • Ingenuity is a small, autonomous aircraft that flew to Mars aboard NASA’s Perseverance rover.
  • It is a solar powered aircraft which consists of a wireless communication system, navigation system, computers and cameras.
  • It was built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of NASA.
  • Significance of Ingenuity: It is an experimental flight test to determine whether life is  possible on Mars.

About Perseverance Rover

  • Objective:  To study signs of ancient life, and collect samples of soils & rocks that can be sent back to Earth for future missions.
  • Mission Duration: At least one Mars year (approximately 687 Earth days)
  • Launched: July 30, 2020, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.

Ingenuity

NASA Perseverance Rover

List of Missions to Mars: Their Names and Associated Country

Mars Missions

Space Agency (Country)
  • Mars Orbiter
 USSR
  • Marine series 
  • Viking series 
  • Pathfinder 
  • Rovers: Spirit, Opportunity (2003)
  • Phoenix (2007)
  • Curiosity (2011)
  • Maven (2013-14)
  • Perseverance (2021)
 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (USA)
  • Mars Express (2001)
 European Space Agency (ESA)
  • Mangalyaan (MOM) (2014)
 Indian Space Research Organization (India)
  • Amal (Hope Mission) (2021)
 Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (UAE)
  • Tianwen-1
 China National Space Administration (China)

 

About Mars

  • It is the 4th planet from the Sun & is half the size of Earth. 
  • It is also called the Red Planet because of the rusty iron on the ground surface.
  • It is also a dynamic planet with seasons, polar ice caps, canyons, and extinct volcanoes.
  • It has a very thin atmosphere & low gravity.
    Mars has two moons Phobos and Deimos.

Ingenuity

Red Planet Mars and Its Moons


News Source: The Hindu

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