Ingenuity Made Its Last Flight and Retired

NASA within the scope of Mars Exploration Program in July 2020 perseverance He sent his rover called the Red Planet to the Red Planet. Perseverance also took a mini helicopter called Ingenuity with it when it went to the neighboring planet. Ingenuity would be a new milestone for space exploration because, if successful, it would make history as the first vehicle to fly on an extraterrestrial planet.

Ingenuity, which landed on Mars in February 2021, flew successfully on April 19, 2021, after months of preparation. The initial goal was to enable Ingenuity to fly for 30 Martian days. Afterwards, the goal was for the Mars helicopter to make 58 flights. However, Ingenuity managed to exceed this target and in the past 3 years He managed to take off 72 times.

Thanks to Ingenuity, we know we can build vehicles that can fly on extraterrestrial planets.

According to the latest statement made by NASA, Ingenuity, the first vehicle to fly on an extraterrestrial planet, has reached the end of its mission. Although Ingenuity managed to successfully land vertically on its last flight, NASA’s Bill Nelson announced that the spacecraft had terminated its mission and Ingenuity had been disabled. Ingenuity is officially retired.

With a propeller span of only 1.2 meters and a height of 48 centimeters, Ingenuity is truly a historic achievement in space exploration. Because thanks to him That we can build flying vehicles on extraterrestrial planetsWe know that we can study the planets in the solar system not only with probes or satellites, but also with aircraft.

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