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Ingenuity Takes Flight

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APRIL 19, 2021

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Earlier today, Ingenuity should

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have autonomously performed its

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 first flight attempt on Mars.

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Now, the team is ready

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to receive the data that will

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tell them whether we’ve

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made history.

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This is downlink.  We are

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beginning to see data products.

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Rotor motors appear healthy

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all actuators appear healthy.

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Ingenuity is reporting having 

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performed spin up, take off,

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climb, hover, descent, landing,

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touchdown and spin down.

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Altimeter data confirmed that

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Ingenuity has performed

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 its first flight.

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First flight of a powered

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aircraft on another planet.

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[clapping]

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[music]

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[clapping]

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We can now say that human beings

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have flown a rotorcraft on

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another planet.

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[cheering, clapping]

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Let’s get back to work and

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more flights! Congratulations!

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