PIA24496: Ingenuity's Test Flight Activities (Illustration)


Ingenuity’s Test Flight Activities (Illustration)

Caption:

This graphic shows the general activities the team behind NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter hopes to accomplish on a given test flight on the Red Planet. The helicopter will have 31 Earth days (30 sols, or Martian days) for its test flight program.

Background Info:

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter technology demonstration activity is supported by NASA's Science Mission Directorate, the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, and the NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages the helicopter technology demonstration for NASA.

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mars
System
Target Type Planet
Mission Mars 2020
Instrument Host Ingenuity
Host Type Helicopter
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2021-03-23
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA24496
Identifier PIA24496