Ingenuity: the story
Ingenuity · Chapter 1 of 10
30 July 2020
Launch
Ingenuity left Earth on a Atlas V 541 from Space Launch Complex 41.
Ingenuity · Chapter 2 of 10
18 February 2021
Arrival
Carried under Perseverance at Jezero crater.
Ingenuity · Chapter 3 of 10
30 July 2020
Liftoff
It left Earth folded under Perseverance on an Atlas V from Cape Canaveral.
Ingenuity · Chapter 4 of 10
6 April 2021
A selfie together
Perseverance photographed itself with Ingenuity standing about 3.9 m away.
Ingenuity · Chapter 5 of 10
19 April 2021
First flight
The first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
Ingenuity · Chapter 6 of 10
22 April 2021
Its own shadow
On its second flight the downward camera caught the helicopter's shadow on Jezero crater.
Ingenuity · Chapter 7 of 10
25 April 2021
The rover from the air
From 5 m up on its third flight, Ingenuity spotted Perseverance about 85 m away.
Ingenuity · Chapter 8 of 10
18 January 2024
A broken blade
After its 72nd flight it photographed the shadow of a damaged rotor blade.
Ingenuity · Chapter 9 of 10
February 2024
Final airfield
Perseverance photographed Ingenuity where it completed its last flight.
Ingenuity · Chapter 10 of 10
18 January 2024
Final flight
On its 72nd flight a rotor blade was damaged. Ingenuity could no longer fly, and the mission was declared over on 25 January 2024.
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