Reps. Johnson, Beyer Celebrate the Success of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Flight
April 20, 2021
April 20, 2021
WASHINGTON, April 20 -- Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Texas, chairwoman of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, issued the following news release on April 19, 2021:
Early this morning, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter succeeded in the first powered, controlled flight on another planet and demonstrated that rotorcraft flight is possible in the thin Martian atmosphere. During Ingenuity's 39.1 seconds of flight, the Perseverance Rover assisted in communicating data from I . . .
Early this morning, NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter succeeded in the first powered, controlled flight on another planet and demonstrated that rotorcraft flight is possible in the thin Martian atmosphere. During Ingenuity's 39.1 seconds of flight, the Perseverance Rover assisted in communicating data from I . . .