The Man Behind NASAâs Wright Brothers Moment On Mars Is IIT-Madras Alumnus Bob Balaram by Bhaswati Guha Majumder - Apr 21, 2021 06:28 AM J. Bob Balaram Snapshot Since his childhood, he was fascinated by rockets and the interest in space grew more than ever when he heard about the Apollo Moon mission on the radio. History was created on 19 April when NASAâs âIngenuityâ helicopter took a flight above the dust surface on Mars, making it the first powered flight on another planet. While the flight success on Mars â NASA's Wright Brothers Moment âturned into one of the most popular topics on social media platforms, an Indian-origin engineerâs name also came under the spotlight who had this idea of flying on the Red Planet for years.