Ingenuity (helicopter)
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Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is an autonomous helicopter that operated on Mars from 2021 to 2024 as part of NASA's Mars 2020 mission. Ingenuity made its first flight on 19 April 2021, demonstrating tha
Prototype Mars helicopter, which first flew in a pressure chamber simulating the Martian atmosphere on 31 May 2016
Ingenuity team, 2018
Ingenuity's two cameras, as seen from under the aircraft
Combination of two images, one each from Ingenuity's Navigation Camera and color camera (RTE), taken while Ingenuity was on the ground
Dragonfly is an upcoming NASA mission to send a robotic rotorcraft to the surface of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. It is to be launched in July 2028 and arrive in 2034, becoming the first aircraf
Ingenuity (helicopter)
…Coaxial rotors – Helicopter with two sets of rotor blades placed on top of each other Dragonfly – Robotic rotorcraft mission to Saturn's moon Titan, planned launch in 2028 Exploration of Mars…
Artist's rendering of the entry, descent, and landing (EDL) and take-off and landing sequence of the Dragonfly as of 2026.
The previously passed-over TSSM mission proposed a Titan aircraft in the form of a Montgolfier balloon with a boat-lander gondola.
2021 rendering of Dragonfly
The Dragonfly drone suspended by bungee cords during its ground vibration testing in July 2026.