Ingenuity Takes Flight
APRIL 19, 2021
Earlier today, Ingenuity should
have autonomously performed its
first flight attempt on Mars.
Now, the team is ready
to receive the data that will
tell them whether we’ve
made history.
This is downlink. We are
beginning to see data products.
Rotor motors appear healthy
all actuators appear healthy.
Ingenuity is reporting having
performed spin up, take off,
climb, hover, descent, landing,
touchdown and spin down.
Altimeter data confirmed that
Ingenuity has performed
its first flight.
First flight of a powered
aircraft on another planet.
[clapping]
[music]
[clapping]
We can now say that human beings
have flown a rotorcraft on
another planet.
[cheering, clapping]
Let’s get back to work and
more flights! Congratulations!
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