Ingenuity gears up for first Mars flight after technical delay
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is due to make its first attempt at flight on Mars this week, after the daring operation was put on hold following a technical delay on Friday.

Part of the Perseverance Rover mission that landed on Mars in February, the 1.8kg Ingenuity is aiming to become the first vehicle to achieve flight on another planet. The groundbreaking attempt was initially scheduled to take place on Sunday April 11, but issues during a high speed spin test of its rotors on Friday led NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to postpone the debut flight. Ingenuity will now wait until at least Wednesday April 14 to attempt take off as the JPL team studies telemetry from the disrupted test.
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“Based on data from the Ingenuity Mars helicopter that arrived late Friday night, NASA has chosen to reschedule the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter’s first experimental flight to no earlier than April 14,” the JPL said in a statement.
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