NASA Mars Ingenuity Helicopter s First Flight Could Now Be Next Week
On 4/15/21 at 8:53 AM EDT
NASA s Ingenuity helicopter on Mars could be flying at some point next week, according to scientists working on the project.
In a public Q&A session posted online by NASA yesterday, Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for NASA s Science Mission Directorate, and MiMi Aung, Ingenuity project manager, gave updates on the status of the mission.
NASA announced last week that the helicopter s first flight had been delayed past its initial April 11 date to April 14. The agency later said this date would be pushed back even further, without providing a new one.
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