Ingenuity: the story
Ingenuity · Chapter 1 of 4
30 July 2020
Launch
Ingenuity left Earth on a Atlas V 541 from Space Launch Complex 41.
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Ingenuity · Chapter 2 of 4
18 February 2021
Arrival
Carried under Perseverance at Jezero crater.
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Ingenuity · Chapter 3 of 4
2021–2024
Life’s work
The first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. Planned for 5 flights, it flew 72.
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Ingenuity · Chapter 4 of 4
18 January 2024
Final flight
On its 72nd flight a rotor blade was damaged. Ingenuity could no longer fly, and the mission was declared over on 25 January 2024.
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