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A color GIF looking down at the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter as it begins to spin its two counter-rotating blades. The small craft sits on red, rocky Martian terrain. There is red dust on the helicopter’s solar panel. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASUALT

What We Learned from Flying a Helicopter on Mars

A color GIF of NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter as it hovers slowly above the dusty, rocky Martian landscape. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSSALT

The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history – not only as the first aircraft to perform powered, controlled flight on another world – but also for exceeding expectations, pushing the limits, and setting the stage for future NASA aerial exploration of other worlds.

Built as a technology demonstration designed to perform up to five experimental test flights over 30 days, Ingenuity performed flight operations from the Martian surface for almost three years. The helicopter ended its mission on Jan. 25, 2024, after sustaining damage to its rotor blades during its 72nd flight.

So, what did we learn from this small but mighty helicopter?

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A lithograph of Girl Scout astronauts. Portraits of 33 women of various races and ethnicities curve around part of Earth (bottom left). On Earth are embossed words “doctors, educators, engineers, pilots, scientists.” At top left is the Moon, and at top right is the International Space Station. From left to right, bottom to top, the astronauts are Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, Kayla Barron, Yvonne D. Cagle, Laurel B. Clark, Eileen M. Collins, Nancy J. Currie-Gregg, N. Jan Davis, Anna L. Fisher, Susan J. Helms, Joan E. Higginbotham, Kathryn P. Hire, Tamara E. Jernigan, Susan L. Kilrain, Christina H. Koch, Wendy B. Lawrence, Sandra H. Magnus, Nicole Aunapu Mann, Megan McArthur, Jessica U. Meir, Pamela A. Melroy, Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger, Barbara R. Morgan, Lisa M. Nowak, Loral O’Hara, Kathleen Rubins, M. Rhea Seddon, Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Kathryn C. Thornton, Janice E. Voss, Jessica Watkins, Mary Ellen Weber, and Sunita L. Williams.ALT

It’s Girl Scout Day! March 12, 2024, is the 112th birthday of Girl Scouts in the United States, and to celebrate, we’re sharing a lithograph of the Girl Scout alumnae who became NASA astronauts.

Girl Scouts learn to work together, build community, embrace adventurousness and curiosity, and develop leadership skills—all of which come in handy as an astronaut. For example, former Scouts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir worked together to make history on Oct. 18, 2019, when they performed the first all-woman spacewalk.

Pam Melroy is one of only two women to command a space shuttle and became NASA’s deputy administrator on June 21, 2021.

Nicole Mann was the first Indigenous woman from NASA to go to space when she launched to the International Space Station on Oct. 5, 2022. Currently, Loral O’Hara is aboard the space station, conducting science experiments and research.

Participating in thoughtful activities in leadership and STEM in Girl Scouts has empowered and inspired generations of girls to explore space, and we can’t wait to meet the future generations who will venture to the Moon and beyond.

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UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Mohammad AlMulla, an Arab and Emirati man, poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Josh ValcarcelALT

Mohammad AlMulla

Mohammad AlMulla, born in Dubai, received his commercial pilot’s license from Australia at the age of 19. AlMulla was a training lead with the Dubai Police before becoming an astronaut candidate for the United Arab Emirates. https://mbrsc.ae/team/mohammed_mulla/

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UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Nora AlMatrooshi, an Arab and Emirati woman, poses for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. She wears a black hijab and a blue jumpsuit with patches of her name, the National Space Programme, and the UAE flag. Credit: NASA/Josh ValcarcelALT

Nora AlMatrooshi

Nora AlMatrooshi, the first Emirati woman astronaut, worked as a piping engineer before becoming an astronaut candidate for the United Arab Emirates. https://mbrsc.ae/team/nora/

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