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Ghod’s article “Mars helicopter Ingenuity: First aircraft to fly on Red Planet” (2021) announces that Ingenuity is the first aircraft to fly on Mars. Ingenuity is designed to be a technology demonstration to prove that powered flight is possible on Mars thin atmosphere (Gohd, 2021). Thus, Ingenuity is designed to be light, weighing at 0.68kg on Mars, and has long blades, measuring 1.2 meters across (Gohd, 2021). According to NASA (n.d), Ingenuity is an experimental flight test and does not carry any science instruments onboard. The components onboard Ingenuity are only for optimizing flight tests conducted on Mars and to send back engineering data and imagery to Earth (NASA, n.d). A solar panel is located at the top of Ingenuity that powers the six lithium-ion battery system (NASA, n.d). This battery system powers Ingenuity for flight and operates the heaters for the cold weather at night on Mars (NASA, n.d). A black and white camera is faced downwards to calculate the position and altitude of the aircraft in real time during flight (NASA, n.d). There is also a color camera faced horizontally to acquire color images (NASA, n.d).  


Gohd, C.(2022, May 22). Mars helicopter Ingenuity: First aircraft to fly on Red Planet. Space. https://www.space.com/ingenuity-mars-helicopter-perseverance-rover

Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Landing Press Kit (n.d). NASA. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/press_kits/ingenuity/landing/mission/spacecraft/#:~:text=The%20helicopter's%20downward%2Dfacing%20black,real%20time%20during%20the%20flight.


Updated 28 September 2022

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