MARS Ingenuity Helicopter
NASA
On October 16, 2021, the American Helicopter Museum & Education Center (AHMEC) honored the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Team with its Annual Achievement Award for “First Helicopter Flight on Another Planet: Heroic Journey, Remarkable Accomplishment.” Dr. Carlos Malpica from the NASA Ames Aeromechanics Office represented the members of the team from the NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD). More information on the Mars Helicopter is at https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/.
Point of Contact: Dr. Carlos Malpica, NASA Ames Research Center, carlos.a.malpica@nasa.gov.