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Helicopter designed by AMA member makes historic flight on Mars —by Rachelle...

Mark B.Apr 28, 2021 Share
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Helicopter designed by AMA member makes historic flight on Mars

—by Rachelle Haughn, rachelleh@modelaircraft.org

“I would never have imagined as a kid having something that I built land on another planet,” Matt Keennon, project manager for AeroVironment, Inc., said from his office in Simi Valley, California. Matt helped design, test, and build Ingenuity, a roughly 4-pound helicopter that made its first flight on Mars April 19, 2021, at 3:34 a.m. EDT.

amablog.modelaircraft.orgHelicopter designed by AMA member makes historic flight on MarsAcademy of Model Aeronautics member Matt Keennon helped design, test, and build the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter of the NASA Perseverance rover.