Published 19:13 IST, July 16th 2020

NASA shows off its first-ever Mars helicopter, netizens excited

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently took to Twitter to post a video of Ingenuity, an aircraft which is all set to fly on Mars.

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National Aeronautics and Administration (NASA) recently took to Twitter to post a video of Ingenuity, an aircraft which is all set to fly on Mars. teeny helicopter is a part ncy’s Mars 2020 Rover mission which is set to take off on July 30 from Cape Canaveral in Florida.  In addition, to helicopter, mission also includes Perseverance rover which will join Curiosity in exploring Martian surface.

On July 16, NASA ‘s Jet Propulsion Laboratory showed off its teeny helicopter in a video posted on Twitter. Along with video, ncy also wrote that Ingenuity marked first attempt ever at a controlled flight on ar planet. In addition, it revealed that name to flying object was given by a student. Lauding, aircraft, NASA also wrote that success of it would facilitate furr explorations on red planet.

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3 min 20-second video clip compares Wright Bror's idea od flying to NASA's idea of flying on ar planet. video shows, a team of astromers, scientists and physicists designing and testing helicopter. In addition, it also shows a simulation map demonstrating landing site of Ingenuity on Mars. clip shows mamatical models and simulations of teeny helicopter before ending with scientists explaining how excited y were for mars mission.

Netizens curious about details

Since shared, clip has been viewed over 160 times racking up a bandwagon of comments. One user wrote, “ Perseverance and Ingenuity - or Percy and Jenny as y will almost inevitably be kwn - are most exciting mission to Mars yet. potential is huge from Ingenuity alone.” While ar user wrote, “Wow. If it works and flies on Mars, it can be used for removing dust from solar panels of rover as well with its spinning blades. Yet ar comment read, “Excited to see parama of Mars through helicopter shot.

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19:13 IST, July 16th 2020