Context
∙ The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regained contact with its Mars Ingenuity Helicopter after its 72nd flight.
About Ingenuity
∙ It is a small robotic chopper and the first aircraft to make a powered, controlled flight sent to Mars on an experimental basis.
∙ It has been called a ‘Wright Brothers moment’.
∙ It flies in Mars’ thin atmosphere, which isn’t conducive for flying.
∙ It uses solar power to charge its batteries and relies on internal heaters to maintain operational temperatures during the cold Martian nights.∙ It paves the way for future aerial explorer
