The Engineering Marvel: Ingenuity. By Aditya Jain, Wilson's School
Credit: NASA, https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/ingenuity-s-first-black-and-white-image-from-the-air Years & years of hard work came to fruition when Ingenuity took its incredible first flight on another planet, Mars. On April 19th, 2021, history was made. Ingenuity proved, autonomous, powered controlled flight was possible on another planet [1]. The mission was to fly in the thin Martian air, which is just about 1% of Earth’s atmospheric pressure was a success and the scientists have been bold enough to try three times, with each time Ingenuity has flown higher and longer. The succe...
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