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...
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.