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NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Prepares for First Flight

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Tuesday, March 23, 2021
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WASHINGTON, March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.

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  • WASHINGTON, March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is targeting no earlier than April 8 for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter to make the first attempt at powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.
  • "Ingenuity is an experimental engineering flight test we want to see if we can fly at Mars," said MiMi Aung, project manager for Ingenuity Mars Helicopter at JPL.
  • The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was built by JPL, which also manages the technology demonstration for NASA Headquarters.
  • At NASA Headquarters, Dave Lavery is the program executive for the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter.