A little helicopter. A new sky.
told by Ingenuity
A little helicopter. A new sky.
Told by Ingenuity
- Chapters
- 5
- Reading
- 6 min
- Ways to read
- 2
I began as a short flight experiment. My cameras, my challenges, and the people behind me helped open a new way to explore Mars.
Chapters
Each chapter is one true event. Start anywhere.
- 01A new skyFrom riding with Perseverance to the first powered flight on another planet1 min
- 02The missing pictureA navigation-timing anomaly during Flight 61 min
- 03The gear left behindFlight 26 photographed the rover’s discarded entry equipment1 min
- 04A backup senseWinter energy limits and a failed preflight sensor1 min
- 05A record for the futureThe final flight, accident investigation and a planned stationary testbed2 min
About this book
Ingenuity tells its own story in an imagined voice. Those lines are retellings, not quotations. The events, dates and numbers come from the mission records listed here, and each chapter links its own sources as you read.
The machine illustration is AI-made. Photos are from the NASA Image and Video Library and are credited where they appear.
Meet IngenuitySources · 8
- A new skynasa.gov
- Ingenuity Mars Helicopter · NASA Sciencescience.nasa.gov
- Pride of the West — and Mars · PIA24438science.nasa.gov
- The missing picturescience.nasa.gov
- The gear left behindnasa.gov
- A backup sensescience.nasa.gov
- A record for the futurejpl.nasa.gov
- Ingenuity’s Team Says Goodbye … for Nownasa.gov
Sources
- A new skynasa.gov
- Ingenuity Mars Helicopter · NASA Sciencescience.nasa.gov
- Pride of the West — and Mars · PIA24438science.nasa.gov
- The missing picturescience.nasa.gov
- The gear left behindnasa.gov
- A backup sensescience.nasa.gov
- A record for the futurejpl.nasa.gov
- Ingenuity’s Team Says Goodbye … for Nownasa.gov
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