Category: space missions
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Mars Helicopter Lesson Plan
NASA’s Mars 2020 Mission, featuring the Perseverance rover, landed on Mars on February 18, 2021. The rover carried a small helicopter named Ingenuity. On April 19, 2021, Ingenuity became the first aircraft to fly under its own power on a planet other than Earth. This page presents two options for a lesson about Ingenuity’s historic…