Ingenuity Mars helicopter of NASA is set to embark on its 49th flight on the red planet. It was in February 2021 that Ingenuity arrived on Mars along with the Perseverance rover. Ingenuity has been assisting the rover in scouting the best routes across the rocky surface using its onboard camera. At the outset, the team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) only wanted to see if the helicopter could get airborne in Mars’ thin atmosphere. Ingenuity, since then, has completed increasingly complex flights, culminating in assisting the rover. A 49th flight this week could send Ingenuity to its highest … Continue reading NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter reaches new heights with 49th flight