68K views · 3.7K reactions |  The #MarsHelicopter flight zone has been chosen for the first-ever powered flight on another planet! What’s next? Join us as NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover & Ingenuity team members discuss on Tues., March 23, at 1:30 p.m. EDT/5:30 p.m. UTC. You won't want to miss this: https://go.nasa.gov/3cJE4V7 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars helicopter is preparing to deploy the helicopter to the surface of the Red Planet. This video provides a mission update from Farah Alibay, Perseverance integration lead for Ingenuity, and Tim Canham, Ingenuity operations lead. Ingenuity is the first aircraft on Mars and the first attempt at powered, controlled flight on another planet. If Ingenuity succeeds, future Mars exploration could include an ambitious aerial dimension. For more inform

434K views · 1.3K reactions | When our Perseverance rover lands on Mars next year, it will be carrying a passenger: the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, which will attempt the first powered flight on another world. See how the rover will deploy the experimental craft onto the surface: go.nasa.gov/2VeQHjk For more about the Mars helicopter, visit mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/ Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech and Lockheed Martin Space | NASA Mars | Facebook