After NASAs Historic First Flight: Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Update

Today, the Ingenuity, MarsHelicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. Join us for a news briefing at 2 p. m. ET (1800 UTC) for an analysis of Ingenuitys first flight and what this means for NASA. The participants are: Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASAs Science Mission Directorate Michael Watkins, JPL director MiMi Aung, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter project manager at JPL Bob Balaram, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter chief engineer at JPL Håvard Grip, Ingenuity Mars Helicopter chief pilot at JPL Justin Maki, Perseverance Mars rover imaging scientist and deputy principal investigator of MastcamZ instrument at JPL