Mars Ingenuity To Be Pushed To Limits After Flawless First Flight

Guy Norris Irene Klotz April 20, 2021
Credit: NASA JPL
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter is expected to complete a full test program on Mars by early May despite software-related delays to the first flight, which was successfully accomplished on April 19, two weeks into a planned 31-day test window. The pioneering 4-lb. rotorcraft, which was built at NASA’s...
Guy Norris

Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs.

Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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