CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ingenuity, nicknamed Ginny, is a small robotic helicopter operating on Mars as part of NASA’s Mars 2020 mission along with the Perseverance rover, which landed with Ingenuity attached to its underside on February 18, 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Mars Helicopter Ingenuity The Mars Helicopter, Ingenuity, hitched a ride with the Perseverance rover and successfully demonstrated powered flight on Mars.

Detailed explanation-3: -Perseverance. The NASA mission includes Perseverance, a 2, 200-pound rover, and Ingenuity, an experimental Mars helicopter. The four-pound aircraft will communicate wirelessly with the Perseverance rover. Four carbon-fiber blades will spin at about 2, 400 r.p.m.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is also hoped that helicopters could also allow scientists to study features on Mars that are simply impossible for rovers to access, such as the side of cliffs and high rocky outcrops. This could have the potential to deepen our understanding of the red planet.

Detailed explanation-5: -NASA’s Perseverance rover just caught another glimpse of its pioneering robotic cousin. The car-sized Perseverance snapped a photo recently of the Ingenuity helicopter as the 4-pound (1.8 kilograms) rotorcraft sat atop a Red Planet sand dune.