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A Helicopter on Mars
Can a helicopter fly on Mars? Nobody knew, until a little helicopter named Ingenuity tried.
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Want to hear about a helicopter that flew on Mars? It really happened!
How we know
For grown-ups and teachers: every fact in this story was checked against these NASA and NASA JPL pages.
- NASA Science, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
- NASA JPL, Ingenuity landing press kit: Quick Facts
- NASA JPL, Ingenuity landing press kit: Spacecraft
- NASA, 6 Things to Know About NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter
- NASA, Alabama High School Student Names NASA's Mars Helicopter
- NASA Science, Ingenuity's Complete Deployment
- NASA JPL, NASA's Mars Helicopter Survives First Cold Martian Night on Its Own
- NASA, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Succeeds in Historic First Flight
- NASA, Ingenuity's First Black-and-White Image From the Air
- NASA JPL, Perseverance's Mastcam-Z video of Ingenuity's first flight
- NASA Science Photojournal, Pride of the West — and Mars
- NASA JPL, Swatch of Wright Brothers Flyer 1 Attached to Mars Helicopter
- NASA, After Three Years on Mars, NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Mission Ends
- NASA Science, Ingenuity flight log (PDF)
- NASA JPL Photojournal, PIA24542: Perseverance's Selfie with Ingenuity
Real photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS · PIA24542. Drawings by Bright Nest Play.